full tilt boogie

Adverb

 * 1)  At the most extreme level; at full capacity.
 * 2) * 2006, Mike Zimmerman, Men's Health; Succeed Like This Joker, Rodale, Inc., page 166:
 * I told myself, I'm going to die reaching these goals. I had to go full-tilt boogie, or I'd suck.
 * I told myself, I'm going to die reaching these goals. I had to go full-tilt boogie, or I'd suck.

Translations

 * Finnish:

Noun

 * 1)  An extreme level.
 * 2) * 1990, Tony Swan, Popular Mechanics; Freewheeling, Hearst Magazines, page 30:
 * Full capacity is the zinger, of course. When production hits full-tilt boogie sometime this year, the annualized rate will be about 40,000 units.

Usage notes

 * Even though the phrase can stand alone, it is common to see the words and, forms of the verb , and the phrase on the.

Translations

 * Finnish: täysi hönkä