high-octane
[hahy-ok-teyn]
- noting a gasoline with a relatively high octane number, characterized by high efficiency and freedom from knock.
- Informal. forceful or intense; dynamic; high-powered: high-octane efforts to obliterate the competition.
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Origin of high-octane
First recorded in 1930–35
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Paterson—the father of recent Governor David Paterson—was a high-octane lawyer who held a number of appointive positions.
This episode illuminates the omnipresent peril the current president faces in having such a high-profile, high-octane frenemy.
The tight battle reflects the high-octane energy among GOP voters.
For his role in the frustration of Obamacare, this Lieberman became the object of high-octane contempt.
You have described her as a “self-sufficient, high-octane machine.”
high-octane
- (of petrol) having a high octane number
- informal dynamic, forceful, or intensehigh-octane drive and efficiency
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