full blast
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4.1
- idiom
- Informal
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- The factory started working again, full blast!
- going full blast
- run full blast
- turned up full blast
Why wouldn't you want to tap into that market full blast?
- Why wouldn't you want to tap into that market full blast?
- And I, I put the ceiling fans on full blast to make it like slightly uncomfortable so that I wouldn't fall asleep.
- And I was at the same time going full blast in the show business, taking acting classes and investing my money in real estate.
- Both fans go full blast when the cards working hard and sit idle when you leave it for a while.
- The only thing they haven't done yet, and they will if they win this next election, is turn that machine on full, full blast.
Examples
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She turned the volume on the stereo to full blast for the party.
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The heat is on full blast; it fills the car with warm air and a soft, soothing hum.
Fiction book (1996) -
When I tell you to, turn it on full blast.
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Turn it up, full blast.
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Or we could turn on the shower full blast.
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l left the air conditioning on full blast.
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All I know is that the factories are going full blast.
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Even with the air conditioning going full blast, the kitchen was hot compared to the rest of the house.
Fiction book (1998) -
Back in my room, I put on the Rolling Stones at full blast.
Fiction book (1995) -
The heater was on full blast, but the interior was frigid.
Fiction book (1999)
Synonyms
16
3.6
It happens with great strength and many people taking part
12
5.8
A state of moving at the highest speed and with the most effort
Antonyms
How Intense
Surface Forms
Morphology
The sense 'at maximum volume/power/intensity' is directly inferable from combining 'full' (maximum) with 'blast' (a strong force or loud burst): together they naturally imply something operating at full force. This modifier+noun composition is productive and has clear cross-linguistic parallels, so a B1 learner who knows both words would very likely understand the MWE.
Etymology
Full blast paints the picture of a strong, sudden burst: a blast is a very loud noise or rush of air, and full means at the highest amount. So to set something at full blast is to have it on at its greatest power or volume, 'at maximum volume, power, or intensity'.