at full/top speed

idiom

: as fast as possible
running at full/top speed

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The moment is interrupted by Rollo running off at top speed. Lincee Ray, EW.com, 30 Nov. 2024 Two years of galloping at top speed around the globe and back again. Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 21 Nov. 2024 Connelly has a lot of skill and can attack at top speed. Corey Pronman, The Athletic, 26 Aug. 2024 The effect is genuinely frightening—like a locomotive going off a cliff at full speed. Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2024 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 17 Dec. 2024.

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