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full speed ahead
Idioms and Phrases
Also, full steam ahead . As fast and as strongly as possible. For example, There's only one way we'll get there on time, so go full speed ahead , or Production would go full steam ahead as soon as the orders were confirmed . It is also put as with a full head of steam , as in She was traveling with a full head of steamâshe was due there at noon . These expressions all allude to the steam engine, where full steam signifies that a boiler has developed maximum pressure. They became well known through an order allegedly given by Admiral David Farragut at the battle of Mobile Bay (1864): âDamn the torpedoes! Full steam ahead!âExample Sentences
Italy's hard-line deputy prime minister, Matteo Salvini, also took to social media: "We are not intimidated... full speed ahead, my friend!"
GOP-controlled states see that and are running full speed ahead.
Then itâll be âfull speed aheadâ with the infrastructure, including potential renovations to Delta Center, home of the NBAâs Utah Jazz also owned by SEG, which has 12,000 unobstructed view seats for hockey.
If the U.S. is âgoing full speed ahead, itâs most likely China will accelerate whatever itâs doing,â Hartung said.
If the U.S. is âgoing full speed ahead, itâs most likely China will accelerate whatever itâs doing,â Hartung said.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American HeritageŸ Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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