fire on all cylinders

phrase

: to perform very well

The team got off to a slow start, but now it's firing on all cylinders.

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To run the table, Fearne would need the two-man game of Mingo and Anton Bonke to feast on smaller defenders, wing Arden Conyers to continue his late-season stride, and the hit-or-miss game of Damoni Harrison to fire on all cylinders. — Hunter Bailey, Charlotte Observer, 10 Mar. 2026

Jacobs is a huge part of making that offense fire on all cylinders. — Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Nov. 2025

Stephens upgrades Asbury Automotive to overweight from equal weight Stephens said in its upgrade of the car detailing company that Asbury is starting to fire on all cylinders. — Michael Bloom, CNBC, 14 Aug. 2025

Empowering New Line to fire on all cylinders, getting animation relaunched and firing in all cylinders, this is also part of the diversified slate strategy. — Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 11 Apr. 2025

However, on Monday night, the Browns defense will be no match for a Broncos offense that is continuing to fire on all cylinders with Bo Nix in charge. — Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024

Overdoses can happen when a person’s opioid tolerance has grown so much that only large amounts can dull neurons trying to fire on all cylinders. — Blake Nelson, The Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2024

For the 20 to 40 percent of people who are noise sensitive, sounds above a certain decibel trigger the amygdala, the reptilian part of the brain designed to protect us, to fire on all cylinders. — Amy Paturel, WIRED, 24 Mar. 2024

So, putting our heads together really made everything fire on all cylinders. — Monique Newman, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Dec. 2023