full belt

adverb

Very quickly; at maximum speed.

Meanings

adverbfull belt (not comparable)
  1. not comparableVery quickly; at maximum speed.

    ‘By cripes, not if I can help it!’ said Egbert and began to run after Murial Jane who went into the bushes at a trot, and then full-belt into a canter, with Egbert close on her heels.

    1936, Norman Lindsay, The Flyaway Highway, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 105
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APA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “full belt,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/full%20belt.

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