full marks

NOUN

due credit

Synonyms

WEAK

due praise full credit high praise

Example Sentences

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About 4% of quizzers got full marks in last week's edition.

From BBC • Nov. 13, 2025

The New York Times was not bowled over, but a critic for the New York World gave her performance full marks.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2024

If this is an employee evaluation, then he gets full marks — for casting Smith, of course, and for understanding that “No Place to Go” has a way forward.

From Washington Post • Sep. 9, 2022

The board said it would give all students full marks for that question.

From BBC • Jun. 17, 2022

But on any system, there are five that everyone agrees deserve full marks.

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman