be running on all cylinders

We're in the part of the season where everything has to be running on all cylinders.

He was running on all cylinders when he left here."

"To play that caliber competition, you have to be running on all cylinders.

To the casual visitor, it certainly looks as if the foundry is running on all cylinders.

Wal-Mart appears to be running on all cylinders.

Economies around the world were running on all cylinders, and the Wall Street view was that inaction in Washington could do more good than harm.

He was a man of immense charm and charisma, and Coke still seemed to be running on all cylinders when he died.

Except for their 15-14 loss in St. Louis and the 24-21 loss in Philadelphia last week, they never seemed to be running on all cylinders.

The Knicks, who have beaten the hapless Hawks 10 consecutive times at the Garden, finally appear to be running on all cylinders.

At a steady speed on a flat surface, four cylinders may suffice, but if you nudge the gas pedal the truck is running on all cylinders again.

"Toronto has been running on all cylinders since mid-1986," said Edward Carmichael, an economist and vice president of the C. D. Howe Institute, a local consulting firm.

Since mid-October, Mr. Ayoub's stores have been running on all cylinders, selling everything from beads and exotic feathers to glitter and cloth to Carnival connoisseurs countrywide.

Cylinder Cutoff An engine with eight cylinders has plenty of power for a highway entrance ramp, but a V-8 engine may not need to be running on all cylinders to cruise the highway just fine and more cheaply.