max out

verb

|Updated on: 11 Aug 2018

Definition of max out

intransitive verb

: to reach an upper limit or a peak

the car maxed out at 85 mph

transitive verb

: to push to a limit or an extreme; also : to use up all available credit on

maxed out the credit cards

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That dedicated fleet maxes out at about 900 trucks, the company says, which accounts for about a third of its distribution network.

— sean o'kane, The Verge, "Anheuser-Busch orders hundreds of hydrogen trucks from zero-emission startup Nikola," 3 May 2018
Whoever maxes out their blood samples first triggers the chopper landing, with the location appearing to every surviving player.

— hayden dingman, PCWorld, "Dying Light: Bad Blood is more 'battle' than 'battle royale,' but it’s still a ton of fun," 27 Mar. 2018
Eventually, my prescription maxed out at 120 pills a month.

— sarah wilson as told to maria carter, Woman's Day, "I Trusted My Doctor—Until I Became Addicted to Prescription Painkillers," 22 Apr. 2016
For the 2018 season, occupancy maxes out at 100 people.

— Fortune, "'Glamping' Has Officially Come to New York City," 12 July 2018
Isometrics max out muscle capacity by maintaining a single contraction for an extended duration of time.

— Philly.com, "Build strength without moving a muscle with this isometric routine," 3 July 2018
His pitch count maxed out with two outs in the sixth.

— robert avery, Houston Chronicle, "League City Red roasts League City White 12-2 to stay perfect at Pony 14s sectionals," 1 July 2018
So the model with 256GB storage drops to $950 and the maxed out Pixelbook with a Core i7 chip, 512GB of storage, and 16GB of RAM can be had for $1,400.

— chris welch, The Verge, "Google’s Pixelbook is on sale for just $750," 2 June 2018
To be fair, the company is building houses that max out at 800 square feet, but that’s not the limit.

— andrea powell, WIRED, "How to 3-D Print an Entire House in a Single Day," 11 July 2018

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