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at full stretch

prep.phr. Using maximum resources.

Usage examples of "at full stretch".

When the light began to fade he insisted that we support him no longer, but let him hang at full stretch in his chains.

Suddenly he was breathing hard, as if he'd run a mile at full stretch.

The first wave of Vipers from Dagger Flight was beginning to rip holes in the Havenite salvo, and her own missile defense section was running at full stretch, analyzing the attack missiles' EW patterns.

The first wave of Vipers from Dagger Flight was beginning to rip holes in the Havenite salvo, and her own missile defense section was running at full stretch, analyzing the attack missiles’.

Eleanor saw it as a pink streak arcing overhead, forelegs at full stretch, an angel of death reaching for Des.

Even working at full stretch British shipyards could replace only a small fraction of those enormous losses.

There was a roaring fire in the taproom of the Unicorn, and Hebba and Sallana, the serving maid, were working at full stretch.

Manseer tightened the rope through the sheave until Sir Francis's arms were drawn at full stretch above his head.

She stood at full stretch to try and touch the hatch, to feel for the shape of a grating under the canvas, but her fingertips were inches short of the hatch and a sudden wild plunge of the ship under her sent her flying backwards into the deep aisle between the piles of cargo.

She/They was the only thing that Her/Their senses, even at full stretch, could detect.