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full-bore

[fool-bawr, -bohr] Informal.
–adjective
1. moving or operating at the greatest speed or with maximum power.
–adverb
2. to the fullest extent; with the greatest power, speed, force, etc.: The cars drove full-bore down the straightaway.
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full-bore   (fŭl'bôr', -bōr')
adj.  Complete; thoroughgoing: "a full-bore investigation into the damaging leak" (Tom Morganthau).
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