at full/top speed

idiom

: as fast as possible
running at full/top speed

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When your connectivity works as a unified, intelligent whole, not as a patchwork of disconnected systems, your business can start to run at full speed. Stephen Farrugia, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025 There, the rear wing on Oscar Piastri’s race-winning car appeared to flex at top speed — opening up a gap that in theory boosted the McLaren’s pace and was dubbed a ‘mini-DRS’. Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 30 May 2025 The other, however, charged erratically through the tall green barley crops on another side of the field—zigzagging at top speed with an exuberance that left all sense of coordination behind. Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 May 2025 Smith had to track the ball at full speed, then look over his shoulder to haul in the ball nearly 50 yards away from Mahomes. Jesse Newell, Kansas City Star, 14 June 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 7 Jul. 2025.

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