“the whole”

The following 12 entries include the term the whole.

committee of the whole

noun phrase

: the whole membership of a legislative house sitting as a committee and operating under informal rules

go (the) whole hog

idiom

: to do something in a very thorough and complete way

in the whole wide world

idiom

: in the world

mean the (whole) world

idiom

: to be extremely important : to be someone or something that someone cares about her very much

run the whole show

idiom

: to be in charge of everything

tell the whole world

idiom

: to make something public

the whole bit

noun

: everything

the whole enchilada

noun

: the entire thing : everything

the whole shebang

noun

: the whole thing : everything that is included in something

the whole shooting match

noun

: the entire thing : everything

the whole time

noun

: since something began : during the entire period of time

the (whole) world over

noun phrase

: everywhere in the world


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