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He
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Pronoun
  was
Auxiliary
  going
Verb
  too
Adverb
  fast
Adverb
  by a long shot
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He was going too fast by a long shot.
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  1. first-person singular simple past indicative of be.
  2. third-person singular simple past indicative of be.
  3. (colloquial) Used in phrases with existential there when the semantic subject is (usually third-person) plural.
  4. second-person singular simple past indicative of be; were.
  5. (colloquial) first-person plural simple past indicative of be; were.
  6. (colloquial) third-person plural simple past indicative of be; were.

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going

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too

  1. Likewise.
  2. Also; in addition.
  3. To an excessive degree; over; more than enough.
  4. (colloquial) To a high degree, very.
  5. (colloquial) Used to contradict a negative assertion with present and simple past forms of be, do, and auxiliary verbs
  6. (colloquial) Used for emphasis, without reference to any previous statement.

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fast

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by a long shot

By a wide margin; indicates a very big difference or disparity.

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by

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