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full speed ahead
Idioms and Phrases
Also, full steam ahead . As fast and as strongly as possible. For example, There's only one way we'll get there on time, so go full speed ahead , or Production would go full steam ahead as soon as the orders were confirmed . It is also put as with a full head of steam , as in She was traveling with a full head of steam—she was due there at noon . These expressions all allude to the steam engine, where full steam signifies that a boiler has developed maximum pressure. They became well known through an order allegedly given by Admiral David Farragut at the battle of Mobile Bay (1864): “Damn the torpedoes! Full steam ahead!”Example Sentences
Italy's hard-line deputy prime minister, Matteo Salvini, also took to social media: "We are not intimidated... full speed ahead, my friend!"
GOP-controlled states see that and are running full speed ahead.
Then it’ll be “full speed ahead” with the infrastructure, including potential renovations to Delta Center, home of the NBA’s Utah Jazz also owned by SEG, which has 12,000 unobstructed view seats for hockey.
If the U.S. is “going full speed ahead, it’s most likely China will accelerate whatever it’s doing,” Hartung said.
If the U.S. is “going full speed ahead, it’s most likely China will accelerate whatever it’s doing,” Hartung said.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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