ventre à terre
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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