| fully fledged | |
adjective | |
| 1. | (of a bird) having reached full development with fully grown adult plumage; ready to fly [syn: full-fledged] |
| 2. | (of persons, e.g.) having gained full status; "a full-fledged lawyer"; "by the age of seventeen I was a full-fledged atheist"; "sees itself as a fully fledged rival party" [syn: full-fledged] |