1
: full-blown sense 2
a full-bore crisis
2
: made with maximum effort
a full-bore attempt to succeed
: with maximum effort or speed
runners sprinting full bore
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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
Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Dec. 2024
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
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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
But Kudrow gets to have hilarious scenes with Cardellini, going full bore throughout, and some good material with Leary, who isn’t miscast so much as his character is perplexingly underwritten, and with Chloe East as the couple’s daughter.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Dec. 2024
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
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“Full-bore.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/full-bore. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
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