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whole shebang
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | whole shebang - everything available; usually preceded by `the'; "we saw the whole shebang"; "a hotdog with the works"; "we took on the whole caboodle"; "for $10 you get the full treatment"full treatment, kit and boodle, kit and caboodle, whole caboodle, whole kit, whole kit and boodle, whole kit and caboodle, whole works, worksentireness, entirety, integrality, totality - the state of being total and complete; "he read the article in its entirety"; "appalled by the totality of the destruction" |
whole shebang
the whole shebangThe entirety of something, including all things related to it. While I'm in London, I want to see Big Ben, the palace, the whole shebang.See also: shebang, wholewhole shebangeverything; the whole thing. Mary's all set to give a fancy dinner party. She's got a fine tablecloth, good crystal, and silverware, the whole shebang. How much do you want for the whole shebang?See also: shebang, wholewhole shebangAlso, whole shooting match. See whole ball of wax. See also: shebang, wholewhole shebang, theThe entire structure; the whole business and everything connected with it. The precise meaning of shebang in this phrase has been lost. It dates from mid-nineteenth century America, when it denoted a hut or shack, which makes no sense in the current cliché. Bret Harte used it: “That don’t fetch me even of [sic] he’d chartered the whole shebang” (“The Story of a Mine,” 1877). An alliterative synonym is the whole shooting match (also put as the whole shoot). Originally this meant a shooting competition, a usage dating from the mid-1700s. The addition of whole and the figurative meaning are much newer, dating from the 1900s. Also see kit and caboodle.See also: wholewhole shebang
Synonyms for whole shebangnoun everything availableSynonyms- full treatment
- kit and boodle
- kit and caboodle
- whole caboodle
- whole kit
- whole kit and boodle
- whole kit and caboodle
- whole works
- works
Related Words- entireness
- entirety
- integrality
- totality
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