full marks

English

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Interjection

full marks

  1. Expressing complete satisfaction with someone's efforts.

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Noun

full marks pl (plural only)

  1. The maximum marks obtainable in an exam or test.
    She got full marks. Not one single error.
  2. (idiomatic, by extension) Complete approval or agreement.
    I would have to give you full marks for that statement.
    • 2025 May 14, Nicholas Barber, “'A miserable, apocalyptic tract': Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning could be 'the feel-bad film of the summer”, in BBC‎[1]:
      One of these gadgets is a box containing the Entity's source code, which is currently in a wrecked submarine – hence a deep sea-diving set piece which gets full marks for spookiness, and no marks for excitement.

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