full blown[adjective]Synonyms: mature, adult, full-fledged, full-grown, grown, grown-up, matured, ripe, ripened, total, all-out, full-out, full-scale, totalitarian, unlimited
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ˈfull-blown adjective [only before noun][
Date: 1600-1700;
Origin: ⇒ full1 + blown, past participle of blow 'to produce flowers', from Old English blowan]
having all the qualities of something that is at its most complete or advanced stage:
The drop in shares could develop into a full-blown crisis. full-blown AIDS [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲