upon one's speed
English
Alternative forms
- upon the speed
- at the speed
- at one's speed
- on one's speed
- on the speed
Prepositional phrase
- (obsolete) At speed; moving rapidly.
- 1662, Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (Dialogue Two)
- In case any one, riding a horse that was upon his speed, should let a bowl drop out of his hand, that bowl being fallen to the ground would continue its motion and follow the horses steps, without tarrying behind him.
- 1670, John Milton, The History of Britain, That Part Especially Now Call'd England:
- Riding on the speed down a steep Hill.
- 1662, Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (Dialogue Two)
References
- John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “upon one's speed”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.
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