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whole kit and caboodle
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | whole kit and caboodle - 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 shebang, 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 kit and caboodle
the whole kit and caboodleAll the parts of a group of things. I had a collection I'd been putting together for nearly 25 years, and burglars stole the whole kit and caboodle. John has some awesome camping gear, and he let us borrow the whole kit and caboodle for the weekend.See also: and, caboodle, kit, wholewhole kit and caboodleInf. a group of pieces of equipment or belongings. (The word caboodle is used only in this expression.) When I bought Bob's motorhome, I got furniture, refrigerator, and linen—the whole kit and caboodle. The salesman managed to sell John the whole kit and caboodle.See also: and, caboodle, kit, wholethe whole caboodle BRITISH, AMERICAN or the whole kit and caboodle BRITISHIf you talk about the whole caboodle or the whole kit and caboodle, you mean the whole of something. You can borrow the tent and equipment — the whole caboodle — if you like. They have financed the whole kit and caboodle. Note: The usual American expression is the whole ball of wax or the whole enchilada. Note: `Caboodle' may come from the Dutch word `boedal', meaning `property'. See also: caboodle, wholethe whole caboodle (or the whole kit and caboodle) the whole lot. informal Caboodle may come from the Dutch word boedel meaning ‘possessions’.See also: caboodle, wholethe ˌwhole caˈboodle, the ˌwhole kit and caˈboodle everything: I had new clothes, a new hairstyle — the whole caboodle.This idiom originally came from the Dutch word boedel, meaning ‘possessions’.See also: caboodle, wholewhole kit and caboodle
Synonyms for whole kit and caboodlenoun everything availableSynonyms- full treatment
- kit and boodle
- kit and caboodle
- whole caboodle
- whole kit
- whole kit and boodle
- whole shebang
- whole works
- works
Related Words- entireness
- entirety
- integrality
- totality
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