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balls to the wall

adverb

Definition of balls to the wall

US, informal + sometimes offensive
: with maximum effort or power : all out It's either get there when you get there or go balls to the wall. There's no in between.— Joe McKinney, Dead City, 2006

Other Words from balls to the wall

balls-to-the-wall adjective
a balls-to-the-wall effort

First Known Use of balls to the wall

1975, in the meaning defined above

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