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...and counting
idiom
used to say that a time, distance, number, etc. is still increasing or is more than a particular amount:
His book has topped the best-seller list for 12 weeks and counting.
I’d come this far — 150 miles and counting — so I simply rode through the pain.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Increasing and intensifying
accretion
accumulate
accumulative
accumulatively
add fuel to the fireidiom
blaze
fade
go up
growing
growingly
heighten
hot up
inflation
mushroom
ratchet something up/down
re-escalate
re-escalation
reach a crescendo
redouble
stake
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