Balls-out
adverb, adjective
without restraint; all-out
Examples
It was a balls-out attack on the other team.
Word Origin
1959
Usage Note
British
adjective
Very great; extreme; total: That was more like a crazy, balls-out terrain, a whack course
[1940s+; probably fr balls to the wall]
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