chug past
Frequency: 5.01.5 per million words
Indicates movement going by a specific point or landmark.
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Examples (10)
- The old steam train chugged past the waving children.
- An ancient bus was chugging past our house every morning.
- The little tugboat chugs past the harbor entrance, pulling a large barge.
- The farmer's tractor will chug past the fields at dawn.
- We watched as the freight train slowly chugged past the crossing.
- The rusty fishing boat, its engine sputtering, chugged past the pier.
- His old car chugged past the finish line, long after the others had finished.
- The restored steam engine has chugged past this station for over fifty years.
- From our window, we could see the train chug past in the valley below.
- Watching the narrowboat chug past the lock was the most peaceful part of our day.