Infinitive complement

• get: We need a new Community Center and we shall work flat-out to get one.

Modifies a noun

• crawl: Upper East Passage From the top of the 3m climb a flat-out crawl on the left leads for 12m through pools.

• sprint: It would, however, take a flat-out sprint or a near PB power clean to fully activate them.

• wrong: Regarding the allegation that Bush fixed the intelligence around the Iraq war policy he said, " The suggestion is just flat-out wrong.

• section: Our way, however, continues through the small rift into a flat-out section.

• masterpiece: Just don't expect the flat-out masterpiece that the LFF queues might imply.

• entertainment: As far as simple flat-out entertainment goes, this may be the highlight of my festival so far.

Modifying Another Word

• just: In fact, your mind is probably spinning with info and now you are just flat-out confused.

• also: The idea of a mechanical pump is not only hopelessly simplistic, but also flat-out misconceived.

Used with adjective complement

• work: Over this weekend, all our target seats will be working flat-out to maximize our support in the first wave of postal votes.

• go: At the start of this year they were all going flat-out for the CPC, believing Amstrad software was taking over.

• drive: It is less than 40km from one end to the other and could be driven flat-out in under forty five minutes.

• have: I guess Direct Mailers have just flat-out eliminated any effort at honestly communicating.

• run: To produce the profits potential investors are being promised the AGR reactors are being run flat-out to increase electricity production and income.