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full sail
adverb as in full speed
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It was doubtless a seal of this character to which Clement of Alexandria alludes as bearing the —the ship in full sail for heaven.
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The sea was unruffled, and we were sailing towards the pier with full sail, and a gentle morning breeze.
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The frigate had by this time got out of her side channel, and was coming up under full sail.
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They came on under full sail, but one of them was slow and fell far behind, so that the other came up alone.
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Signals were given for all the vessels to close in on the enemy, and the Niagara bore down under full sail.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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