flat outadv.

Etymology: Compare flat adj. 2.

1. Using or involving all one's (or its) strength or resources; at top speed; = all out adv. 4. Also as adj.Several of the quots. illustrate common Australian colloquial phrases.

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the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swiftly [phrase] > at full speed

full speed1382

with topsailc1400

at spursa1500

on (also upon) the (spurs or) spur1525

amain1555

a main pace (also speed)1567

full tilt?a1600

upon full stretch1697

at full tilt1713

at (also on) full speed1749

(at) full split1836

full chisel1837

(at) full pelt1841

full swing1843

ventre à terre1848

full out1886

at full lick1889

hell-for-leather1889

all out1895

eyes out1895

flat out1932

the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > acting vigorously or energetically [phrase] > with great vigour or energy > with utmost vigour

full tilt?a1600

all out1840

full out1886

full vent1927

flat out1932

at full stretch1934

balls-out1959

1932 Daily Dispatch (Manch.) 25 July 6/4 Driving flat out.

1942 We speak from Air 51 I followed my bombs down until I was just above the ground again, and then I beat it, flat out, across the roof-tops of Nantes.

1942 We speak from Air 51 We raced over the chimney-pots, our engines flat out.

1943 C. H. Ward-Jackson It's a Piece of Cake 29 Flat out. At full speed. Borrowed from motor-racing parlance early in the Great War, full speed being attained on the straight flat run of the track.

1944 J. Devanny By Tropic Sea & Jungle 227 The young [rat-kangaroo]..ran straight, as flat out as a lizard drinking.

1945 Coast to Coast 1944 157 I'm flat out!.. Flat out, like a lizard on a log.

1946 E. S. Tompkins Speed Camera 37 There is much more going on..than there is in straight flat-out running.

1957 Economist 16 Nov. 581/2 If the unions decide on war, they will have a strong incentive to choose the inexpensive guerrilla type rather than a flat-out effort.

1959 S. J. Baker Drum 110 Ideas of lying flatly (on one's face, not one's back) and of travelling or working at great speed are recorded in the phrases ‘flat out like a lizard drinking’ and ‘flat out like a lizard on a log’.

1962 Listener 29 Mar. 542/1 A flat-out strategic war.

1969 Private Eye 23 May 14 I've been flat out, like a lizard drinking, lugging your kiddies round the back paddock.

1969 New Yorker 14 June 44/2 Running flat out, Graebner hits a superb hard backhand.

2. to be flat out for (something): to direct one's attention, energies, etc., towards securing, effecting, doing, etc. (something). (Emphatic form of to be out for: out adv., int., and prep.).

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the mind > will > intention > intend [verb (transitive)] > have as purpose or object

followeOE

studylOE

turna1200

pursuea1382

purposec1384

to shoot atc1407

ensue1483

proponea1500

studyc1503

prick1545

tread1551

suit1560

to go for ——1568

to set (up) one's rest1572

expect1578

propose1584

propound1596

aima1616

scope1668

to set up1691

aim1821

to go in for1835

to be out for1887

to be flat out for1930

target1966

shoot1967

1930 Morning Post 7 Aug. 10/1 Everyone is ‘flat out’ for flying—my trouble is to persuade anyone to do anything else.

1943 C. H. Ward-Jackson It's a Piece of Cake 29 Flat out for, in favour of.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

b. U.S. to flat off: to slope gradually to a level. to flat out: to become gradually thinner; (also) to relax; to talk feebly. Hence figurative to fail in business; to prove a failure, to collapse, etc.

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1859 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 2) To Flat out, to collapse, to prove a failure..as ‘The meeting flatted out’.

a1862 H. D. Thoreau Cape Cod (1865) ix. 166 The bank flatted off for the last ten miles.

1863 ‘G. Hamilton’ Gala-days 89 Before twelve o'clock we flatted out and made jests.

1864 H. Bushnell Work & Play, Growth of Law 123 The great surge of numbers rolls up noisily and imposingly, but flats out on the shore and slides back into the mud of oblivion.

1865 J. G. Holland Plain Talks iv. 129 Those who have failed in trade..or to use an expressive Yankee phrase, have ‘flatted out’ in a calling or profession.

1887 Proctor Americanisms in Knowledge 1 June 184/1 To flat out, to diminish in value—a Western phrase suggested by the diminished productiveness of metallic layers as they grow thinner.

单词	flat out
释义	flat outadv. Etymology: Compare flat adj. 2. 1. Using or involving all one's (or its) strength or resources; at top speed; = all out adv. 4. Also as adj.Several of the quots. illustrate common Australian colloquial phrases. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swiftly [phrase] > at full speed full speed1382 with topsailc1400 at spursa1500 on (also upon) the (spurs or) spur1525 amain1555 a main pace (also speed)1567 full tilt?a1600 upon full stretch1697 at full tilt1713 at (also on) full speed1749 (at) full split1836 full chisel1837 (at) full pelt1841 full swing1843 ventre à terre1848 full out1886 at full lick1889 hell-for-leather1889 all out1895 eyes out1895 flat out1932 the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > acting vigorously or energetically [phrase] > with great vigour or energy > with utmost vigour full tilt?a1600 all out1840 full out1886 full vent1927 flat out1932 at full stretch1934 balls-out1959 1932 Daily Dispatch (Manch.) 25 July 6/4 Driving flat out. 1942 We speak from Air 51 I followed my bombs down until I was just above the ground again, and then I beat it, flat out, across the roof-tops of Nantes. 1942 We speak from Air 51 We raced over the chimney-pots, our engines flat out. 1943 C. H. Ward-Jackson It's a Piece of Cake 29 Flat out. At full speed. Borrowed from motor-racing parlance early in the Great War, full speed being attained on the straight flat run of the track. 1944 J. Devanny By Tropic Sea & Jungle 227 The young [rat-kangaroo]..ran straight, as flat out as a lizard drinking. 1945 Coast to Coast 1944 157 I'm flat out!.. Flat out, like a lizard on a log. 1946 E. S. Tompkins Speed Camera 37 There is much more going on..than there is in straight flat-out running. 1957 Economist 16 Nov. 581/2 If the unions decide on war, they will have a strong incentive to choose the inexpensive guerrilla type rather than a flat-out effort. 1959 S. J. Baker Drum 110 Ideas of lying flatly (on one's face, not one's back) and of travelling or working at great speed are recorded in the phrases ‘flat out like a lizard drinking’ and ‘flat out like a lizard on a log’. 1962 Listener 29 Mar. 542/1 A flat-out strategic war. 1969 Private Eye 23 May 14 I've been flat out, like a lizard drinking, lugging your kiddies round the back paddock. 1969 New Yorker 14 June 44/2 Running flat out, Graebner hits a superb hard backhand. 2. to be flat out for (something): to direct one's attention, energies, etc., towards securing, effecting, doing, etc. (something). (Emphatic form of to be out for: out adv., int., and prep.). ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > intend [verb (transitive)] > have as purpose or object followeOE studylOE turna1200 pursuea1382 purposec1384 to shoot atc1407 ensue1483 proponea1500 studyc1503 prick1545 tread1551 suit1560 to go for ——1568 to set (up) one's rest1572 expect1578 propose1584 propound1596 aima1616 scope1668 to set up1691 aim1821 to go in for1835 to be out for1887 to be flat out for1930 target1966 shoot1967 1930 Morning Post 7 Aug. 10/1 Everyone is ‘flat out’ for flying—my trouble is to persuade anyone to do anything else. 1943 C. H. Ward-Jackson It's a Piece of Cake 29 Flat out for, in favour of. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2019). > as lemmas to flat out b. U.S. to flat off: to slope gradually to a level. to flat out: to become gradually thinner; (also) to relax; to talk feebly. Hence figurative to fail in business; to prove a failure, to collapse, etc. ΚΠ 1859 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 2) To Flat out, to collapse, to prove a failure..as ‘The meeting flatted out’. a1862 H. D. Thoreau Cape Cod (1865) ix. 166 The bank flatted off for the last ten miles. 1863 ‘G. Hamilton’ Gala-days 89 Before twelve o'clock we flatted out and made jests. 1864 H. Bushnell Work & Play, Growth of Law 123 The great surge of numbers rolls up noisily and imposingly, but flats out on the shore and slides back into the mud of oblivion. 1865 J. G. Holland Plain Talks iv. 129 Those who have failed in trade..or to use an expressive Yankee phrase, have ‘flatted out’ in a calling or profession. 1887 Proctor Americanisms in Knowledge 1 June 184/1 To flat out, to diminish in value—a Western phrase suggested by the diminished productiveness of metallic layers as they grow thinner. extracted from flatv.² < adv.1930 as lemmas
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flat outadv.

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