at full stretch

prepositional phrase

Using maximum resources.

“We only just managed to finish on time by working at full stretch since first thing in the morning.”

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Meanings

prepositional phrase
  1. Using maximum resources.

    We only just managed to finish on time by working at full stretch since first thing in the morning.

    1 more example

    And so it proved as, with Neymar showing sleight of foot and flashes of genius, they spent much of the 90 minutes at full stretch in defence, fighting for any semblance of possession and put under stress by Brazil's pressing game.

    2017 November 14, Phil McNulty, “England 0-0 Brazil”, in BBC News
Cite this entry
APA

at full stretch. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/at%20full%20stretch

MLA

“at full stretch.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/at%20full%20stretch. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “at full stretch,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/at%20full%20stretch.

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