ventre à terre
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French ventre à terre.
Adverb[edit]
ventre à terre (comparative more ventre à terre, superlative most ventre à terre)
- At breakneck speed.
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
- (informal, figuratively) at full tilt, at full pelt
- Synonyms: à toute allure, à toute vitesse, à toute berzingue, au grand galop
- courir ventre à terre ― to run flat out
- partir ventre à terre ― to skedaddle
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