fully fledged
adjective/ˌfʊli ˈfledʒd/
/ˌfʊli ˈfledʒd/
(British English) (also full-fledged North American English, British English)
[usually before noun]- completely developed; with all the qualifications necessary for something
- the emergence of a fully fledged market economy
- She was now a fully fledged member of the teaching profession.
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