at full time—reaching the normal mass or dimension:
- At full time the fetus weighs from six and one-half to eight pounds.
Note: The expression does not correlate in meaning with the phrase full time—
1. the regular number of hours allotted to daily or weekly work:
- All the factories we visited were running full time.
2. (also: high time) time when smth. should be done at once:
- The vessel is going to pieces, and it is full time for all who can, to leave her.
in the fullness of time—at the proper or destined time:
- In the fullness of time, your children and your in-laws become friends.