Phrase guide
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adv
All together; as one.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, not-comparable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Everything entirely, the whole lot.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: all the marbles, bag and baggage, everytang, everything but the galley stove, everything but the kitchen sink, everything under the sun, full monty, hook, line and sinker, kit and caboodle, lock, stock and barrel, the whole bang shoot, the whole nine yards, the works, whole ball of wax, whole hog, whole enchilada, whole kit and caboodle, whole package, whole shebang, whole shitting match, whole shooting match, whole smash
Antonyms: none provided
noun
everything available; usually preceded by `the'
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: whole shebang, whole kit and caboodle, whole kit and boodle, kit and boodle, whole kit, whole caboodle, whole works, works, full treatment
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: entirety, entireness, integrality, totality
History
From kit + boodle.
