full pelt
As fast as possible
Full pelt means at maximum speed or intensity, holding nothing back.
The phrase typically modifies verbs of motion: The dog came running at full pelt, She drove full pelt down the highway.
More common in British than American English, where "full speed" or "full tilt" are preferred.
- blazinglyWith extreme intensity
- quicklyAt high speed
- breakneckRecklessly high speed
- flat outTotally, without reservation
- sprintingMaximum-speed locomotion on foot
at breakneck speed · charging · racing · dashing · galloping · all-out · rushing · hurtle · pedal to the metal · bolting · pell-mell · hell for leather · hurrying · barreling · briskly · zooming · maximum · balls to the wall
full peltsnail's pace
Extremely slow movement
crawl · dead slow · standstill · creep · slow motion
full peltleisurely
Done without urgency
unhurriedly · taking one's time · relaxed · easy · casually
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