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fully fledged

adjective

  1. (of a young bird) having acquired its adult feathers and thus able to fly

  2. developed or matured to the fullest degree

  3. of full rank or status

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Rory's post would allow him to observe the culture within the station up close, without taking on the duties of a fully fledged police officer.

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But he adds that Turkey is "not yet a fully fledged authoritarian regime… there is still some room for dissent".

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But this is still not fully fledged radical reform on the scale that is needed to tackle a social, fiscal and economic crisis.

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Revolut says it has 10 million users in the UK while last year it was granted a provisional banking licence, paving the way for it to become a fully fledged UK bank.

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But Reeves's plans are not yet a fully fledged growth plan.

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