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flat strap

Also: flat strap for leather, going flat strap

Extremely busy, or operating/moving at maximum capacity or speed.

In a sentence

We were flat strap getting the hall ready.

Where it came from

Australian lexicographic evidence records flat strap and related flat as a strap forms in Australian usage.

Where used
Australia-wide

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