maxes out
Reaches the limit
Maxes out means reaching the upper limit of something.
A credit card maxes out when you've borrowed all it allows.
An engine maxes out at its highest RPM.
A person maxes out when they've given everything they have: I maxed out at fifteen pull-ups.
The phrase implies hitting a ceiling beyond which you cannot go.
- capacityMaximum amount containable
- peak performanceHighest level of functioning
- overloadBurden beyond capacity
- hits the wallAbrupt energy collapse
- ceilingRoom's upper surface
burnout · breaking point · stretched too thin · redline · pushed to the limit · upper limit · top speed · saturation · exhaustion · running on empty · running on fumes · threshold · overdraft · full throttle · pedal to the metal · credit limit · constraint · debt ceiling
maxes outbottoms out
Reaches the lowest level
minimizes · flatlines · underperforms · falls short · underutilizes
maxes outholds back
Restrains or delays
coasts · takes it easy · slacks off · half-asses · eases up
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