at full throttle
As fast as possible
At full throttle means at maximum speed or intensity, from the throttle that controls engine power.
A car racing at full throttle has the accelerator pressed to the floor.
The phrase extends to any vigorous effort: The campaign is running at full throttle, She threw herself into the project at full throttle.
- all-outWith complete effort
- balls to the wallTotal maximum effort
- overdriveEfficiency mode at speed
- velocityDirected rate of motion
- flat-outTotal, without reservation
pedal to the metal · hammer down · firing on all cylinders · all systems go · acceleration · turbocharged · peak performance · going all out · going for broke · sprint · no holds barred · high-speed · momentum · wide open · rapidity · rush · propulsion · kinetic energy
- machine idiomswell-oiled machine, gears turning, firing on all cylinders, grinding gears, cranking up
at full throttleat a standstill
Completely without movement
at a snail's pace · motionless · stationary · dead slow · creeping
at full throttleidling
Operating without working
coasting · half-heartedly · throttling down · lazily · languidly
at full throttleidling
Operating without working
at a standstill · stopped · stationary · at rest · throttled down
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