flat out

Example Sentences

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Tim Mitchell, of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, said while staff were working flat out, their efforts were being undermined by long-standing under-investment in buildings and equipment.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

“Everything that we’ve got running is going to be flat out for the rest of the year,” Fitterling said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

Jacobson says they have computers now working flat out generating brackets for this year’s competition.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 18, 2026

Supposedly the pinnacle of motor sport, yet the drivers can't go flat out.

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2026

The worst of it was that while most of them just had to turn in some overdue work, Don Hume had to flat out ace a final examination to remain eligible.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown