Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “at full throttle“ and it is a phrase meaning “(moving/spreading/progressing) with great speed; doing something as fast as possible, quickly, rapidly, speedily, swiftly, briskly, hastily”.
Example Sentence: British politics this week faces an intellectual crisis. It is one of whom to believe. With yet another wave of Covid at full throttle, the cabinet is reportedly split on whether to rely on its one “winner” from the pandemic, vaccination, or whether to return to mass lockdown. There is no disputing that the Omicron variant is highly infectious. There is bitter argument about how to contain it.
This phrase is present in The Guardian article Pity a public that has so many questions about Covid. Who should be believed? and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Guardian
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