full ride

plural full rides

1. idiomaticeducationA scholarship that covers all tuition, and in some cases fees or other educational and living expenses as well.

   The Ivy Group and the Big Ten were the most notable conferences to initially avoid full ride scholarships.

   2007, Applying Amateurism in the Global Sports Arena, →ISBN, page 22

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   If you showed half the interest in school as most of the kids, you could get a full ride to any college in the country.

   2009, James E. Davis, 2049, →ISBN, page 233

   For some reason, his college counselor saw talent in Ron that he didn't see himself, and when the SAT scores came out, Ron was offered a full ride to Louisiana State.

   2012, Kaira Rouda, All The Difference, →ISBN, page 121

   But because we didn't have any money, the notion of applying to a college that specialized in theater— by that time the die was fully cast—seemed a waste of time unless I was going to get a full ride.

   2014, Ron Perlman, Easy Street (the Hard Way): A Memoir, →ISBN, page 52

2. idiomaticA total and complete experience of something.

   You had better get off your ass and be my husband because I signed on for the full ride.

   1997, New Monologues for Mature Actors, →ISBN, page 65

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   Only this time, I knew I was going for the full ride. The only thing was that I didn't know was what kind of ride I was going on.

   2008, Charles H. Staples, Cancer Ain't Nothing But a Pimple Ta God, →ISBN, page 45

   Advanced readers may, as a result, wish to read selectively, but we believe that novices will benefit from taking the full ride.

   2010, Thomas R. Lindlof, Bryan C. Taylor, Qualitative Communication Research Methods, →ISBN, page xii

3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see full, ride.