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full gorilla
 adv.— «In only his second full season in the majors, with a better concept of location and selection but still basically what pitching coach Bud Black calls “full gorilla” on every pitch, Rodriguez has set a club record for strikeouts by a reliever.» —“Angels’ Rodriguez Is an Animated Special” by Ross Newhan Los Angeles Times Sept. 12, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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