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at full stretch

at full stretch prepositional phrase: using maximum resources.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Using maximum resources.
    • We only just managed to finish on time by working at full stretch since first thing in the morning.
    • And so it proved as, with Neymar showing sleight of foot and flashes of genius, they spent much of the 90 minutes at full stretch in defence, fighting for any semblance of possession and put under stress by Brazil's pressing game.2017 November 14, Phil McNulty, “England 0-0 Brazil”, in BBC News

Questions about at full stretch

What does at full stretch mean?
At full stretch means using maximum resources.
What part of speech is at full stretch?
At full stretch is a prepositional phrase.

Words near at full stretch in the dictionary

  1. at first blush
  2. at first glance
  3. at first hand
  4. at first sight
  5. at full pelt
  6. at full stretch
  7. at full throttle
  8. at full tilt
  9. at gaze
  10. at grade
  11. at grass

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