full steam
Maximum power forward
Full steam describes maximum effort, speed, or energy applied to an activity or pursuit.
The phrase comes from the era of steam-powered engines, where full steam meant operating at maximum pressure and power.
It appears most often in the expressions full steam ahead and at full steam, both suggesting vigorous, unrestrained progress toward a goal.
The campaign is moving full steam ahead despite the controversy.
Railway pulling machine
- boilerWater-heating vessel
- turbineBlade-driven energy converter
- engineMachine producing motion
- pistonReciprocating cylinder component
smokestack · railway · coal · pressure · valve · cylinder · gauge · furnace
With complete effort
- relentlessContinuing without pause
- tirelessNever losing energy
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
- determinationFirmness of purpose
grit · perseverance · vigor · drive · intensity · exertion · striving · pushing
Force driving movement forward
- thrustForceful forward motion
- velocityDirected rate of motion
- accelerationRate velocity changes
- inertiaResistance to altered motion
force · impetus · kinetic · driving force · unstoppable · headlong · onward · barreling
locomotive
Railway pulling machine
piston · smokestack · railway · coal · pressure · valve · cylinder · gauge · furnace · stoker
all-out
With complete effort
- relentlessContinuing without pause
- tirelessNever losing energy
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
determination · grit · perseverance · vigor · drive · intensity · exertion · striving · pushing · commitment
propulsion
Force driving movement forward
- thrustForceful forward motion
- velocityDirected rate of motion
- accelerationRate velocity changes
inertia · force · impetus · kinetic · driving force · unstoppable · headlong · onward · barreling · charging
- maximum effortall-out, go all out, go hard, all in, go for broke
- hustlegrind, grit, drive, hustle, tenacity
full steamhalf-hearted
Lacking sincerity or zeal
halfhearted · minimal effort · going through the motions · phoning it in · coasting
full steamstandstill
Total cessation of movement
dead stop · grinding halt · stalled · halted · stopped
full steamhalf-hearted
Lacking sincerity or zeal
reluctantly · hesitantly · tentatively · ambivalent · uncommitted
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