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full sail

full sail adverb: with all sails set (raised).

Adverb

full sail (not comparable)

  1. With all sails set (raised).
  2. (figuratively) With rapid and unimpeded progress.

Noun

full sail (uncountable)

  1. The condition of having all sails set (raised).
    • We were under full sail.

Questions about full sail

What does full sail mean?
Full sail means with all sails set (raised).
What part of speech is full sail?
Full sail can be an adverb or a noun.

Words near full sail in the dictionary

  1. full retard
  2. full rhyme
  3. full rhymes
  4. full ride
  5. full rides
  6. full sail
  7. full score
  8. full scores
  9. full Scottish breakfast
  10. full screen
  11. full screw

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