fully fledged

Adjective fully fledged has 2 senses

• fully fledged(s = adj.all) full-fledged - (of a bird) having reached full development with fully grown adult plumage; ready to fly;
• fully fledged(s = adj.all) full-fledged - (of persons, e.g.) having gained full status; "a full-fledged lawyer"; "by the age of seventeen I was a full-fledged atheist"; "sees itself as a fully fledged rival party"