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full steam ahead

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full steam ahead
Fig. onward with determination. We started moving full steam ahead on the project. Full steam ahead! Let's see how fast this will go!
See also: ahead, full, steam
full steam ahead
with all possible energy and enthusiasm We're going full steam ahead to expand the business. Now we've solved a few problems it's full steam ahead.
See also: ahead, full, steam
full steam ahead
with all possible energy and enthusiasm full speed ahead The real estate market has heated up, and building is going full steam ahead.
Usage notes: sometimes used in the form it's full steam ahead: It's full steam ahead for Internet service providers today.
Etymology: based on the literal use of full steam in ships, which makes them go at their top speed
See also: ahead, full, steam
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Clare, who controversially poked fun at Grand National winner Liam Treadwell's teeth days after learning a cyst was malignant, added: "It's full steam ahead.
CLARE CANCER OK; TREATMENT by The Mirror (London, England)
And it was full steam ahead at Beamish Museum, in County Durham, on Saturday as local history groups put their prized collections on display.
Flower power draws crowds; THOUSANDS FLOCK TO FINAL DAYS OF SHOW AS ... by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
Visitors to Drayton Manor Park, near Tamworth, can now watch Thomas and his friends go full steam ahead around the original sets from the highly acclaimed Thomas & Friends TV series filmed at Shepperton Studios.
On track for a recreation by Birmingham Mail (England)
 
 
 
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