full-on
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From full- (“fully, completely”) + on.
Adjective
- All-out; out and out; complete; utter.
- 1966, Bruce Brown, director, The Endless Summer:
- This was a full-on jungle, full of all kinds of creepy things - snakes, spiders. They expected Tarzan to come swinging by on a vine.
- 2012 May 20, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Marge Gets A Job” (season 4, episode 7; originally aired 11/05/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club[1]:
- It only takes a little tweaking for the Simpsons’ home to become a full-on freak show, with Homer as its perpetually apoplectic main attraction.
- Extreme; to the maximum degree.
Translations
all-out; out and out; complete; utter — see out-and-out
Adverb
- Totally; with full commitment.
Translations
totally; with full commitment — see through and through