full speed

American  

noun

1. the maximum speed.

2. Nautical. the speed normally maintained on a passage.

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adverb

1. at maximum speed.

   to move full speed ahead.

Etymology

Origin of full speed

First recorded in 1350–1400

Example Sentences

Walk-throughs before practices, he said, are essential to help go through the steps that will enable him to deceive defenders at full speed during games.

From Los Angeles Times

We were about 10 hours—at full speed in clear weather—from where the HMS Terror and HMS Erebus were lost in 1848 during the ill-fated Franklin expedition, which inspired a 2007 novel and a popular AMC television show, “The Terror.”

From The Wall Street Journal

"We are proceeding with our project at full speed," Henriksson said, while adding that they had already secured about half of additional financing needs from prior investors.

From Barron's

"The external factors that influence purchasing costs continue to improve, work on the cost and efficiency programme is proceeding at full speed, and many of the changes that we have made in recent years are starting to have an effect," Helmersson said.

From Reuters

But as far as making trades and drafting players and doing our daily business, we’re full speed.”

From Washington Post