full-bore
See also: full bore
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Etymology edit
From full + bore (“barrel of a gun”).
Adjective edit
full-bore (not comparable)
- Thoroughgoing; complete; total.
- The problem had grown into a full-bore crisis.
- He is full-bore environmental activist.
- (of a firearm) Having a relatively large caliber.
- Mounted on the wall was a full-bore elephant gun.
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full-bore (not comparable)
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References edit
- “full-bore”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.