at full stretch

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at full stretch (British)

if someone or something is at full stretch, they are working as hard as possible The emergency services are working at full stretch to cope with the accident. When the plant is operating at full stretch it can employ 800 people.

See also: full, stretch

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Perseus himself, the son of Danae, was at full stretch, like one who hurries and shudders with horror. Collection Of Hesiod, Homer and Homerica by Homer View in context			at best at close range at convenience at cross purposes at cross-purposes at death's door at doorstep at each other's throats at earliest convenience at ease at elbow at every turn at expense at face value at fault at fingertips at first at first blush at first glance at first hand at first light at first sight at full blast at full speed at full strength at full stretch at great length at half-mast at hand at hazard at heart at heels at home at home with at issue at it again at knee at large at last at least at least so many at leisure at length at liberty at loggerheads at loose ends at low ebb at most at mother's knee at night at no time			at first glance at first glance at first hand at first hand At First Light at first sight at first sight at first sight at first view at foot at foot at foot at foot At full at full blast at full blast at full blast at full blast at full blast at full pelt at full pelt at full pelt at full pelt At full sea at full speed at full strain at full strain at full strain at full strain at full strength at full stretch at full throttle at full tilt at full tilt at full tilt at full tilt At gaze At grade At grade at great length at gunpoint At half cock at half-mast at half-staff at hand at hand at hand at hand at hand at hazard at heart at heart at heart at heart at heart at heel at heel at heel at heels At Her Majesty Service At Her Majesty's Pleasure

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