come thick and fast

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come thick and fast (third-person singular simple present comes thick and fast, present participle coming thick and fast, simple past came thick and fast, past participle come thick and fast)

1. (idiomatic) To arrive rapidly in large groups.
   • 2011, Tom Fordyce, Rugby World Cup 2011: England 12-19 France‎^[1]:

     England had never before come back to win from a margin of more than 12 points, and the errors continued to come thick and fast as Tom Croft became the latest to cough up the ball.