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full-on

British  

adjective

  1. informal complete; unrestrained

    full-on military intervention

    full-on hard rock
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Then, that data slab feeds off other sources to grow into a full-on digital dossier of your consumer attributes, bandied from advertiser to vendor to advertiser.

From Slate • May 3, 2026

“It’s not the time to be full-on risk—it’s the time to have some dry powder,” said Jim Masturzo, chief investment officer of Research Affiliates.

From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026

"What we do is not full-on dynamic pricing," Beard said.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

Then, on Sunday, he seemed bound for full-on collapse.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

An eighth grader with what looked to me like a full-on beard demanded my math homework from last Tuesday.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan

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