FULL-ON | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

Meaning of full-on in English

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Presumably full-on design, as practised, has the character of being ambiguous and stochastic, non-classical in every sense.
The common denominator of all these endeavours is a full-on attack on workers.
He called it full-on, cellphone-waving arena rock schmaltz, with husky, slow-moving guitars and a wallop of meaninglessly earnest vocals.
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She later expanded that the entry's full-on loopy quality made it humorous.
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I don't think that anyone can sit in a house, at home, and listen to me play a full-on bebop solo.
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And it may not be a full-on relationship.
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He wanted to do a full-on documentary, but he wanted it to span over a long time.
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Despite all of this, there is a sense that you are in a real, full-on race car.
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It's not a competition, but a full-on threat...
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Sometimes melodic, sometimes atonal, sometimes full-on noise, the band makes use of everything from buzzsaws to flutes, trumpets and lilting guitar riffs.
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He aimed to show suspense and tension, as he felt it was more terrifying than full-on shock horror blood and gore.
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In 2002, melodies became popular again, heralding the beginning of full-on psytrance.
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Currently, there are many sub-genres within the psytrance scene, including ambient psy (psybient), minimal/progressive psy, morning psy, full-on psy, and dark psy.
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It gives an insight to everything from upset tenants to full-on neighbourhood feuds.
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Because neither side expected a full-on shooing match neither had developed plausible strategies nor tactics.
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Translations of full-on

in Chinese (Traditional)
極度的, 非常棒的, 熱情的…
in Chinese (Simplified)
极度的, 非常棒的, 热情的…
in more languages
in Polish
in Turkish
in Russian
na maksa, nadgorliwy…
çok büyük veya en büyük dercede/seviyede, çok ciddi veya heyecanlı/coşkulu…
полный, в высшей степени, о человеке…
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