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full-bore

[fool-bawr, -bohr] / ˈfʊlˈbɔr, -ˈboʊr /


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Rather than wait until they are old enough to go full bore at scrum time, props in the schoolboy system are trained beyond their years.

From BBC • Nov. 13, 2024

UW AD Troy Dannen says they went into "full bore lockdown search mode" when Alabama requested an interview with Kalen DeBoer on Thursday.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 16, 2024

Afghanistan and its neighbor Pakistan are the last two countries where the wild poliovirus is still endemic, and the campaign is going full bore to wipe it out by the end of 2023.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 15, 2023

He’s healthy now and going full bore in training camp.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2022

And of course the Rad Lab was running at full bore, with the Bevatron back on track.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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