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hit on all cylinders

hit on all cylinders is the alternative form of fire on all cylinders.

Meaning of fire on all cylinders

Verb

fire on all cylinders (third-person singular simple present fires on all cylinders, present participle firing on all cylinders, simple past and past participle fired on all cylinders)

  1. (idiomatic) To operate as effectively as possible.
    • The performance was a sign of real intent for Arsenal as they continue their pursuit for silverware on four fronts - and with Van Persie firing on all cylinders, the odds look good on them winning a first trophy since 2005.2011 January 22, Ian Hughes, “Arsenal 3 - 0 Wigan”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 25 Mar 2021
    Synonyms:
    hit on all six

Forms of hit on all cylinders

third-person singular presenthits on all cylinders
present participlehitting on all cylinders
past participlehit on all cylinders
pasthit on all cylinders

Questions about hit on all cylinders

What is hit on all cylinders the alternative form of?
Hit on all cylinders is the alternative form of fire on all cylinders.

Words near hit on all cylinders in the dictionary

  1. hit me
  2. hit men
  3. hit off
  4. hit off the line
  5. hit on
  6. hit on all cylinders
  7. hit on all six
  8. hit one hard
  9. hit one out of the ball park
  10. hit one out of the ballpark
  11. hit one's marks

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hit on all cylinders (page history and authors); fire on all cylinders (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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