full blast

Idioms and Phrases

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]

Example Sentences

But as anybody who runs air conditioning full blast knows, staying cool can be an expensive proposition.

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Dixon turned on the air conditioner and radio, both full blast, to drown out the thumping.

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“Whatever he did, the afterburners went on and he went full blast,” Singer said in an interview.

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Inside, the A/C is on full-blast, pumping out frigid gusts of air.

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The American civil war was at this time in full blast, and large bounties were offered for volunteers.

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The old pike was in full blast then, and as many as thirty coaches were driven along it both ways every day.

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He takes the full blast of the wrath of the Law and fulfills its demands most meticulously.

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If their workshop must be enforcedly idle for so long, they desire that when in work there shall be full blast and double tides.

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But along to the161 right with a rolling crash the rifles burst out into full blast again.

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