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Thu 9 Jul, 2015 12:29 am
-in the gravel courtyard just outside is a breathtaking 20-part Cellular Waltz going on around two local news vans throbbing at idle and raising their 40-foot microwave transmitters, [...] p.213
Is 'at idle' a set phrase meaning in the status of being idle?
@WBYeats,
At idle is when a vehicle's engine is running at basic tickover speed, ie it is not doing anything other than the minimum required to keep the engine turning over.
A car waiting at a red traffic light would be a good example.
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