- firing on all cylinders
- putting a lot of energy and effort into doing something
The team managed to record a crucial victory without firing on all cylinders.
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firing on all cylinders
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firing on all cylinders — phrase putting a lot of energy and effort into doing something The team managed to record a crucial victory without firing on all cylinders. Thesaurus: energetic and livelysynonym Main entry: fire * * * firing on all (four) cylinders … Useful english dictionary
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fire on all cylinders — If something is firing on all cylinders, it is going as well as it could … The small dictionary of idiomes
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fire on all cylinders — If something is firing on all cylinders, it is going as well as it could. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
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