"fire on all cylinders" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "fires on all cylinders",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "firing on all cylinders",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fired on all cylinders",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fired on all cylinders",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "fire on all cylinders (third-person singular simple present fires on all cylinders, present participle firing on all cylinders, simple past and past participle fired on all cylinders)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2011 January 22, Ian Hughes, “Arsenal 3 - 0 Wigan”, in BBC",
          "text": "The performance was a sign of real intent for Arsenal as they continue their pursuit for silverware on four fronts - and with Van Persie firing on all cylinders, the odds look good on them winning a first trophy since 2005.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To operate as effectively as possible."
      ],
      "id": "en-fire_on_all_cylinders-en-verb-3u5dCfF-",
      "links": [
        [
          "operate",
          "operate"
        ],
        [
          "effectively",
          "effectively"
        ],
        [
          "possible",
          "possible"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To operate as effectively as possible."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "hit on all six"
        },
        {
          "word": "hit on all cylinders"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "tehdä täydellä teholla"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "działać na pełnych obrotach"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fire on all cylinders"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "fires on all cylinders",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "firing on all cylinders",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fired on all cylinders",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fired on all cylinders",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "fire on all cylinders (third-person singular simple present fires on all cylinders, present participle firing on all cylinders, simple past and past participle fired on all cylinders)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs",
        "Translation table header lacks gloss"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2011 January 22, Ian Hughes, “Arsenal 3 - 0 Wigan”, in BBC",
          "text": "The performance was a sign of real intent for Arsenal as they continue their pursuit for silverware on four fronts - and with Van Persie firing on all cylinders, the odds look good on them winning a first trophy since 2005.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To operate as effectively as possible."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "operate",
          "operate"
        ],
        [
          "effectively",
          "effectively"
        ],
        [
          "possible",
          "possible"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To operate as effectively as possible."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "hit on all six"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dd/En-au-fire_on_all_cylinders.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "hit on all cylinders"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "tehdä täydellä teholla"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "działać na pełnych obrotach"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fire on all cylinders"
}