at full/half throttle
at full/half speed or power:
He's working at full throttle (= as hard as he can) to get the job finished.
The captain of the boat had his engines at full throttle.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Speed of motion
- airspeed
- brisk
- burst
- celerity
- clip
- fleet
- going
- ground speed
- haste
- momentum
- rapid
- rate
- speed
- speedy
- swift
- throttle
- top
- velocity
- zip
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