at full throttle

(at) full throttle

As fast as something or someone can go. Once Tom caught the ball, he took off at full throttle toward the end zone. I started feeling nauseous on the way home because Kelly was driving full throttle on a windy highway.
See also: full, throttle

at full throttle

As fast as something or someone can go Once Tom caught the ball, he took off at full throttle toward the end zone. I started feeling nauseous on the way home because Kelly was driving at full throttle on a windy highway.
See also: full, throttle
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

at full throttle

or

full throttle

If you do something at full throttle or full throttle, you do it with all your energy and effort. Many violinists continue playing at full throttle well into old age. She was a high-powered Western businesswoman who went at things full throttle. Note: When someone is behaving like this, you can say they are at full throttle or are in full throttle. This was the actress whom I had seen in full throttle in performance the previous year. Note: Full throttle is used in other structures with a similar meaning. Palmer gives it full throttle on his latest album. Note: If an engine is operating at full throttle, it is operating at its maximum speed.
See also: full, throttle
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.
See also:
  • (at) full throttle
  • full throttle
  • throttle
  • tilt
  • full tilt
  • full tilt, at
  • (at) full tilt
  • at full tilt
  • at top speed
  • get/have the feeling
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At Doncaster on Friday some 40 hacks were head down and grafting when suddenly the library-like atmosphere descended into chaos when a six-piece jazz band marched in and did two circuits of the press centre playing "When the saints go marching in" at full throttle.
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At full throttle, the fan generates 1,500 kW of excess heat and energy, which means that its 9-ton radiator must flow 6,000 liters/minute of water to cool it down.
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A woman died after being hurled from an out-of-control speedboat which was going round in circles at full throttle, coastguards said yesterday.
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"We are about to reclaim the power Jefferson would have given us," the author proclaims, revving up his faux populism at full throttle. "We'll still choose our president and Congress by the old election system, but the influence the public can bring to bear will make it far less important whom we elect" It will be government by applause meter.
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