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Full throttle

adv, noun

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Adverb
  1. 1
    All out; at maximum speed, effort, or risk.

    "The other, the Christina Covey, there was another that never knowed the harbour, why, she come in full throttle"

Noun
  1. 1
    A maximum setting on an engine or motor control: especially, the totally open position of a valve for air intake, but also any corresponding maximum setting. countable, uncountable

    "there was no further sign of any Nazi planes, Perry banked southward and went roaring home to Base on full throttles"

  2. 2
    A maximum level of speed, effort, or risk. countable, figuratively, uncountable

    "I'm in the full throttles of an embrace and this is wonderful."

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