full-blown
/ˌfʊlˈbləʊn
/adjective
1Fully developed: the onset of full-blown AIDS in persons infected with HIV...
- He suffered numerous minor limited infections which he took as evidence that he had now developed full-blown AIDS.
- Now it has developed into a full-blown national discussion about what it means to be British in the twenty-first century.
- That is, it takes typically eight to thirty years for damaged cells to develop into full-blown cancers.
Synonyms
fully developed, full-scale, full-blooded, fully fledged, complete, total, thorough, entire, full, advanced
2(Of a flower) in full bloom.