full-bore

== English == === Alternative forms === full bore === Etymology === From full + bore (“the barrel of a gun”). === Adjective === full-bore (not comparable) (figurative) Thoroughgoing; complete; total. Synonyms: full-blown, full-on, full-fledged (firearms) Having a relatively large caliber. === Adverb === full-bore (not comparable) (figurative) At top speed; with full power. Synonyms: full-on, full throttle, full speed ahead, full tilt, full tilt boogie, balls to the wall, balls-out, pedal to the metal === References === “full-bore”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present. Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.