Usually means: Maximum effort, no holding back.
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  1. balls-to-the-wall, balls to the wall: Merriam-Webster
  2. balls to the wall: Wiktionary
  3. Balls to the Wall (film), Balls to the Wall (song), Balls to the Wall, Balls to the wall: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  4. balls to the wall: Merriam-Webster

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  1. balls to the wall: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom

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Definitions from Wiktionary (balls to the wall)

▸ adverb:  (US, idiomatic, slang) With maximum effort or commitment.
▸ adverb:  (US, idiomatic, slang) Full throttle; (at) maximum speed.

Similar:
balls-to-the-wall, all out, balls-out, balls deep, full out, full speed ahead, full whack, full on, full-on, pedal to the metal, more...

Opposite:
half-hearted, cautious, reserved, hesitant, tentative

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Similar:
balls-to-the-wall, all out, balls-out, balls deep, full out, full speed ahead, full whack, full on, full-on, pedal to the metal, more...

Opposite:
half-hearted, cautious, reserved, hesitant, tentative



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