full-on

adjective

Examples of full-on in a Sentence

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In testing, senior editor of cooking and SEO Joe Sevier found that these worked best as meal starters rather than full-on meal kits. Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit Magazine, 6 June 2025 Female solo action movies are a completely different subgenre and don’t always attract the full-on male audience that typically attends an action movie with a male leading star. Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 6 June 2025 What began with Musk publicly slamming Trump's spending bill has evolved into a full-on row between the two, with the president threatening to withdraw billions of dollars' worth of government contracts for Musk's companies. Chloe Taylor,jenni Reid, CNBC, 6 June 2025 Audience members get full-on bloomers as she suddenly is pulled behind a ski boat, then again as the finale goes amuck and her Lady Liberty costume peels away. Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for full-on

Word History

First Known Use

1954, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of full-on was in 1954

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“Full-on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/full-on. Accessed 15 Jun. 2025.

Kids Definition

full-on

adjective
ˈfu̇l-ˌȯn,
-ˌän

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