"hit on all cylinders" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: hits on all cylinders [present, singular, third-person], hitting on all cylinders [participle, present], hit on all cylinders [participle, past], hit on all cylinders [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|hit<,,hit> on all cylinders}} hit on all cylinders (third-person singular simple present hits on all cylinders, present participle hitting on all cylinders, simple past and past participle hit on all cylinders)
  1. Alternative form of fire on all cylinders Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: fire on all cylinders
    Sense id: en-hit_on_all_cylinders-en-verb-gOcoqzeQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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