full-bore

1 of 2

adjective

1
: full-blown sense 2
a full-bore crisis
2
: made with maximum effort
a full-bore attempt to succeed

full bore

2 of 2

adverb

: with maximum effort or speed
runners sprinting full bore

Examples of full-bore in a Sentence

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Adjective
The Jungle Book is a reminder that Johansson has never played a full-out, full-bore villain. Will Leitch, Vulture, 13 July 2024 Cyr is a big swing at a full-bore Pumpkins synth-pop record, a woefully dull, 72-minute monolith where guitars almost never drown out keyboards. Al Shipley, SPIN, 17 Aug. 2024
Adverb
Trump, who has held an edge on the economy in most polls, has been going full bore on the issue, proposing a bevy of individual tax breaks and general tariffs that could rattle the world of international trade. Tobias Burns, The Hill, 5 Nov. 2024 That’s the skepticism implied by the exploitation titles Chalice of Blood and Curse of Forgiveness that represent Snyder’s going full bore into adolescent subcultural extremes — ultimately bewildered about the meaning of life. Armond White, National Review, 9 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for full-bore 

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

1967, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Adverb

1927, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of full-bore was in 1927

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“Full-bore.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/full-bore. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.

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