at full/top speed

idiom

: as fast as possible
running at full/top speed

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Diggs is reportedly ahead of schedule and running at full speed. Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 25 Mar. 2025 In the deep quiet, there was nothing to stop my thoughts from racing at top speed, looping, roving, circling, meandering, searching, careening between past regrets and future hopes, pinballing between wanting and not wanting things but mostly hating everything, including myself. Kate Siber, Outside Online, 11 Mar. 2025 The peaceful scene of pandas resting in a meadow is quickly disturbed by Jack Black, Jason Momoa, and Sebastian Hansen hurtling to the ground at full speed with a bucket of video-game accurate water, and from there, all kinds of madness ensues. Billie Melissa, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025 Zero Day took the exit ramp off Act Two and hurled into Act Three at full speed. Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for at full/top speed

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“At full/top speed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20full%2Ftop%20speed. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.

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