full-bore
Americanadjective
adverb
Etymology
Origin of full-bore
First recorded in 1660–70, for an earlier sense
Example Sentences
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It is a full-bore, 2022-like, Leonardo-DiCaprio-in-The-Revenant-style crypto winter — set into motion by factors ranging from excess leverage to widespread profit-taking by OGs,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 6, 2026
The streaming pure-play would become a full-bore Hollywood studio that produces movies for theaters, and TV shows for other networks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 6, 2025
Japan has a tiny Christian majority and Christmas is a secular festival of full-bore consumerism complete with Santa, gifts and streetlights.
From Barron's ● Dec. 3, 2025
The Corps’ effort to keep its dams running full-bore is a story of how the agency continues to double down on costly feats of engineering to reverse environmental catastrophes its own engineers created.
From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2023
Some phrases beginning with full are hyphenated: full-blooded, full-blown, full- bodied, full-bore, full-fledged, full-scale, full-service, full-size, full-time, and so on.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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