Full-speed-ahead Definition

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(usually nautical) A command to move forward at maximum speed.

Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!
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(idiomatic) Maximum effort without reservations or delay.

We got the OK on the conversion project. It's full speed ahead.
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Full-speed-ahead Sentence Examples

  • Bonham Carter went full speed ahead with the starboard engine and full speed astern with the port to turn her round.

  • They want to go full speed ahead at turning the soviet union into a rich, industrialized Socialist State.

  • They want to go full speed ahead at turning the Soviet Union into a rich, industrialized Socialist State.

  • Primarily, they're about experimentation and fearlessness, so if you attempt to adopt an alternative style, move full speed ahead and don't look back.

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