full speed ahead

1. Also, full steam ahead. As fast and as strongly as possible. For example, There's only one way we'll get there on time, so go full speed ahead, or Production would go full steam ahead as soon as the orders were confirmed. It is also put as with a full head of steam, as in She was traveling with a full head of steam—she was due there at noon. These expressions all allude to the steam engine, where full steam signifies that a boiler has developed maximum pressure. They became well known through an order allegedly given by Admiral David Farragut at the battle of Mobile Bay (1864): “Damn the torpedoes! Full steam ahead!”

Example Sentences

Veteran state Senate leader Toni Atkins of San Diego said she is also staying in if Harris runs, saying in a statement that “while the vice president has her own path, our campaign is moving full speed ahead.”

From Los Angeles Times

GM went full speed ahead, pouring money into national ad campaigns assailing things like men eating tofu.

From Slate

And Bill Gates this week said that these policies "have forced the Chinese in terms of chip manufacturing and everything to go full speed ahead".

From BBC

“They’re both at full speed ahead at all times.”

From Los Angeles Times

It was still full speed ahead on tariffs.

From BBC