"switch on the afterburners" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: switches on the afterburners [present, singular, third-person], switching on the afterburners [participle, present], switched on the afterburners [participle, past], switched on the afterburners [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} switch on the afterburners (third-person singular simple present switches on the afterburners, present participle switching on the afterburners, simple past and past participle switched on the afterburners)
  1. To increase one's level of effort to the maximum.
    Sense id: en-switch_on_the_afterburners-en-verb-Mkc5zgK1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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