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Meaning of at full stretch | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

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Examples

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

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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at full throttle at full tilt at gaze at grips at gunpoint at hand

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