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in full sail
idiom
(of a ship) moving quickly with its sails full of wind:
Some scenes in the movie are breathtaking: the Greek fleet in full sail, the funeral pyres burning along a beach at night.
With her skirts blowing she looks like a galleon in full sail.
progressing well and showing a lot of success or power:
The theatretheater company is in full sail thanks to its new drama coach.
She beat Maria Sharapova, the world number 2, in the fourth round and suddenly she was in full sail.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Sailing & boating
age of sail
aweigh
bargee
bargeman
bear away
maritime
navigable
outsail
passage
portage
rafter
rafting
re-rig
sail
sailing
sea legs
seafaring
seamanship
shipboard
under sailidiom
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