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full blast

Idioms  
  1. Also, at full blast. At full power, with great energy; also, as loud as possible. For example, The committee is working full blast on the plans, or The fanfare featured the trumpets at full blast. This expression transfers the strong currents of air used in furnaces to anything being done at full power. [Late 1700s]


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"Our heating has to be on full blast because of her condition and I'm watching my electric meter tick around as fast as a double decker bus going downhill."

From BBC

They would spend the time preparing themselves to boldly confront the tardy person and “read them the riot act,” an expression that means to scold someone so thoroughly that he or she will feel as if they have been sprayed full blast with a fire hose.

From Literature

When the Red Hot Chili Peppers came to life, he turned the volume up full blast and kept walking in circles.

From Literature

"I can settle up my affairs. I can turn the heating up full blast, and that will be wonderful," 92-year-old Betty Brown told the BBC.

From BBC

Mandhana did not so much as set the tone, but crank the volume up to full blast as she and Rawal put on the highest partnership against Australia in Women's World Cup history.

From BBC