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idiomgo full steam ahead (with)to do something with a lot of energy:We've decided to go full steam ahead with our plans to move house.Now that the new Cabinet has been chosen, it's full steam ahead with the business of government.NoteSome of the 'steam' idioms come from the time when ships operated by steam power. If a ship travelled full steam ahead it was going as fast as it could. A ship could also travel under its own steam, or be pulled by smaller boats, for example through a narrow place.
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