full measure
Nothing held back
Full measure is the complete amount of something—nothing held back, nothing skimped.
The phrase often appears in contexts of giving or receiving: She gave full measure to every performance.
It suggests thoroughness and generosity, whether measuring grain, pouring drinks, or devoting effort.
Lincoln's "last full measure of devotion" meant the ultimate sacrifice.
- adequacyBeing barely acceptable
- fair shareEquitable part owed
- maximumGreatest permitted quantity
- entiretyThe whole of something
- totalityComplete aggregate amount
achievement · amplitude · consummation · perfection · sufficiency · standard · wholeness · whole nine yards · plenitude · completeness · saturation · due · culmination · realization · fulfillment · richness · thoroughness · capacity
- measurement idiomsinch by inch, give an inch, whole nine yards, by a mile, go the extra mile