突っ走る

つっぱしる

Meanings

1. Godan verb, Intransitive to run swiftly; to speed; to dash; to rush; to race
2. to charge ahead (in pursuit of some goal); to push forward

Kanji

• 突 thrust. Read as つく.
• 走 run. Read as はしる.

Example sentences

• 違反のスピードを出して、突っ走っていた車がブレーキをかけたが、空回りして、運転手があっというまもなく、トラックの背後に、もろにぶつかった。
  The speeding vehicle skidded and crashed head-on into the rear-end of a truck before the driver could say Jack Robinson.

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