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WHOLE KIT AND CABOODLE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does whole kit and caboodle mean?

• WHOLE KIT AND CABOODLE (noun)
The noun WHOLE KIT AND CABOODLE has 1 sense:

1. everything available; usually preceded by 'the'

Familiarity information: WHOLE KIT AND CABOODLE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• WHOLE KIT AND CABOODLE (noun)

Sense 1

whole kit and caboodle ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Everything available; usually preceded by 'the'

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

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

Context examples:

we saw the whole shebang / a hotdog with the works / we took on the whole caboodle / for $10 you get the full treatment

Hypernyms ("whole kit and caboodle" is a kind of...):

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

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