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(at) full steam
idiom
(of a steam engine) using the greatest possible amount of steam, in order to travel as fast as possible, or work as hard as possible:
At full steam, the ship could move from the tropics to the Arctic in a matter of weeks.
working as hard as possible:
The company is pressing ahead at full steam with development of the electric car.
She's tireless. She is going full steam, it seems, 24 hours a day.
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