full throttle
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5.8
- noun
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- The aircraft also goes on full throttle to thrust itself into the air.
- going at full throttle
- running at full throttle
- boat at full throttle
We wanted to get married, so we went full throttle ahead and got married.
- We wanted to get married, so we went full throttle ahead and got married.
- So I go, I'm giving it full, full throttle, right?
- Now, the great agents in the business right now have to go full throttle.
- It was like, oh, we have her doing this and Jamie is still going full throttle on her hundred plus deals a year.
- And actually quite quickly because I went into it full throttle, like I, I saw the the thoughts in it very quickly as well.
- So we ended up going to full full throttle with that.
- So to come full throttle in here, no shirt, no pants, no socks, no socks.
- Yeah, OK, so after the movie had dropped what you like I'm going full full throttle with this accent like Nope, She went back to rapping and stripping.
Examples
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We're going in full throttle.
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This tournament is full throttle now.
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I hear you, but we need to be out there full throttle.
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Warming up a machine before you go full throttle is good practice.
Blog text (31) -
During my first visit, the campaign for the Russian presidency was in full throttle, and political passions were running high.
Academic text (1999) -
We're going full throttle on multiple projects, and I just hope that nothing suffers as a consequence of us being stretched to thin.
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If there's one thing Dad loved more than serenity, it was an outboard motor on full throttle.
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There's nothing quite like gliding over the waves, full throttle on a Waveblaster.
Blog text (1) -
The team is operating at full throttle to meet the project deadline.
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Despite the challenges, our factory is running at full throttle to increase production.
Synonyms
23
3.5
At the peak of activity when many people are active and working
20
3.7
How fast a vehicle or person can move
16
3.6
It happens with great strength and many people taking part
8
4.1
At maximum loudness or power
5
3.7
Go forward very quickly with strong effort
4
4.4
Working very fast and doing everything needed
1
3.8
A time when someone works at their highest speed or energy
1
5.6
With as much speed and effort as possible
1
5.6
To work as fast and as hard as possible
At full speed and energy
Antonyms
How Fast
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is directly compositional: 'full' + 'throttle' signals the throttle is fully open, which straightforwardly implies maximum speed or power. Given a learner knows both words (and the mechanical sense of 'throttle'), the meaning is predictable and parallels cross-linguistic expressions like 'full speed' or 'plein gaz', so it is transparently derivable.
Etymology
Full throttle comes from engines and driving. When a driver opens the throttle all the way, the engine runs at its highest power, so the phrase means 'at the highest speed or effort'.