a whole lot

idiom

: very much
Things are looking a whole lot brighter now.

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“A whole lot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/a%20whole%20lot. Accessed 12 Dec. 2025.

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