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full-bore

a. 1 thoroughgoing; complete; total. 2 Denoting a firearm of relatively large caliber. adv. At top speed; with full power. alt. 1 thoroughgoing; complete; total. 2 Denoting a firearm of relatively large caliber.

Usage examples of "full-bore".

TV hearings will resume full-bore after Labor Day, or be either telescoped or terminated like Nixon says they should be.

Even in the middle of full-bore production, Gianni found time to hurl profiteroles at the skaters sixty-four flights down in the Rock Center rink, all of us having a good laugh when he scored a direct hit.