full speed ahead
No holding back
Full speed ahead is a command originating in naval contexts, ordering a ship's engines to operate at maximum power.
The phrase has become a general idiom meaning to proceed with a task or plan as quickly and energetically as possible, without hesitation or restraint.
After the funding came through, it was full speed ahead on the renovation project.
The expression often implies determination and commitment to seeing something through, regardless of obstacles.
- damn the torpedoesDisregard peril, advance anyway
- accelerateIncrease in velocity
- zoomRapid movement or magnification
- throttlePower flow controller
- momentumProduct of mass, velocity
fast · headway · green light · helm · all hands on deck · forward · determination · unstoppable · drive · charge · resolve · propulsion · advance · boldness · barreling · rush · balls to the wall · vessel
- motion idiomsin motion, on the move, on the go, move forward, move along
- Nautical Idiomsbatten down the hatches, all hands on deck, smooth sailing, three sheets to the wind, in the same boat
- travel idiomshit the road, in the same boat, miss the boat, end of the road, crossroads
- momentumbuilding momentum, gain traction, gaining traction, gaining steam, gather steam
- nautical termsahoy, afloat, aye aye, aye-aye, becalmed
- hurry uphurry, hurry up, rush, hustle, move it
full speed aheaddead stop
Complete cessation of motion
full stop · standstill · grinding halt · dead in the water · slow down
full speed aheadhold off
Delay or resist
pump the brakes · proceed with caution · wait and see · hold your horses · hesitation