full well

Idioms and Phrases

Very well, exceedingly well, as in You know full well how much this costs . [c. 1700]

Example Sentences

He insisted that he had not intended the novel to be political allegory, while knowing full well that it would be taken as such.

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Or would you want as many options as possible, even knowing full well most will fail?

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He told me to enter while smirking, knowing full well my intentions.

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Typically, celebrities have stayed out of the Middle East conflict, knowing full well the tsunami of emotions it carries.

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She knows full well that some rappers sit in relative safety while stoking the violence.

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Whenever a man makes it his business to search for these nests, he knows the danger full well.

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Napoleon knew full well his weakness, and the reproaches he hurled at him at Wagram were not altogether without ground.

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"Call Fortunio," was all she said, but Marius understood full well the purpose for which she would have Fortunio called.

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An Irish landlord knows full well that, even up to the present day, his tenants "keep the bread, and make borbhan."

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Lucy recognized the hand, and knew full well what the letter would certainly contain.

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