full belt
full belt adverb: very quickly; at maximum speed.
Adverb
full belt (not comparable)
- Very quickly; at maximum speed.
- ‘By cripes, not if I can help it!’ said Egbert and began to run after Murial Jane who went into the bushes at a trot, and then full-belt into a canter, with Egbert close on her heels.1936, Norman Lindsay, The Flyaway Highway, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 105
Questions about full belt
- What does full belt mean?
- Full belt means very quickly; at maximum speed.
- What part of speech is full belt?
- Full belt is an adverb.
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