bag and baggage
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Definition of bag and baggage
chiefly British
: with all possessions : completely
He got rid of the visitors, bag and baggage.
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“Bag and baggage.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bag%20and%20baggage. Accessed 12 December 2019.
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