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full pelt en · ADV

Pronunciation

• /fʊl ˈpɛlt/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From full + pelt (“act of moving quickly, rush”).

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Very quickly.
   • It's a good day off us anyhow, and they're all going south-west by south full pelt as hard as they can go. 1907, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “The Battle of the North Atlantic”, in The War in the Air: […], London: George Bell and Sons, published 1908, →OCLC, § 1, page 146:

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