Course
Course verb - To proceed or move quickly.
Usage example: racehorses coursing down the track
Nip
Nip verb - To proceed or move quickly.
Usage example: I'll just nip off to the corner store for some milk
Both words in one sentence
- Of course, there might've been a porch outside, but Arthur locks the door when he leaves and suggests everyone nip out the back.
Source: Combat Pragmatist / Literature -
It could of course have been dropped by a coal deliveryman who'd treated himself to a Quick Nip and bought a bag of chips on his way home from work, but hey.
Source: GPS Evidence -
In all, he suffers much the same problem as Neville Chamberlain, as historians are divided over whether he failed to nip a solvable problem in the bud, or took the only viable course of action when dealing with an impossible situation.
Source: Useful Notes / Millard Fillmore
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Nip or Course. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/course/nip.
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