full marks
Example Sentences
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The Guardian's Lucy Mangan gave the series full marks, labelling it "a magnificently monstrous look at how the other half live".
From BBC
Chalmers has had to overcome a serious shoulder injury which required surgery last November, but said he’d give himself full marks for fitness by the time he starts racing at the trials.
From Seattle Times
We loved it, lots of people hated it, but either way, full marks for creativity.
From BBC
“The flaw in Abenomics was the reflationary policy shift at the BOJ, for which PM Abe gets full marks, would establish the necessary conditions for the Abe administration to push ahead with the plan to double the consumption tax rate... The problem was that this fiscal tightening was inimical to the reflation objective.”
From Reuters
Full marks for ambition, if nothing else.
From The Guardian
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
