WHOLE SHEBANG

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Everything available; usually preceded by 'the'

Example:

for $10 you get the full treatment

Synonyms:

full treatment; kit and boodle; kit and caboodle; whole caboodle; whole kit; whole kit and boodle; whole kit and caboodle; whole shebang; whole works; works

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("whole shebang" is a kind of...):

entireness; entirety; integrality; totality (the state of being total and complete)

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