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  1. hard and fast

    Said of a ship on shore.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of hard and fast in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of hard and fast in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of hard and fast in a Sentence

  1. Utah Rep. Jason Chaffetz:

    I'm not going to be here forever. I would take a serious, serious look at running for governor, i want to go as hard and fast as I can in the House and then go home.

  2. David Hone:

    They seem to be heron-like in their habits so they would be wading in shallow water and taking fish and other swimming things like small turtles and young crocodiles and doing the same on land going after baby dinosaurs and mammals, they would have been able to strike down hard and fast, just as herons do, so it would be a quick snap down on something relatively small.

  3. Jason Chaffetz:

    I'm not going to be here forever, i would take a serious, serious look at running for governor. I want to go as hard and fast as I can in the House and then go home.

  4. Doug Biesecker:

    It's a very complicated issue, does the sun have a role in our variable climate? Yes. Is the dominate role? No. Even the concept of the sun being responsible for Europe's mini ice age -- it's not hard and fast true.

  5. Doug Biesecker:

    It's a very complicated issue, does the sun have a role in our variable climate? Yes. Is the dominant role? No. Even the concept of the sun being responsible for Europe's mini ice age -- it's not hard-and-fast true.

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