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full tilt

adverb

Definition of FULL TILT

:  at high speed <running full tilt>
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Origin of FULL TILT

3tilt
First Known Use: 1679

Related to FULL TILT

Synonyms
all out, full blast, tooth and nail
Antonyms
slow, slowly

Rhymes with FULL TILT

atilt, bloodguilt, Brunhild, homebuilt, inbuilt, oak wilt, unbuilt, uptilt

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