full whack

idiom

British, informal
: full price
I ended up paying full whack for items that went on sale the next day.

Examples of full whack in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The hope is that having returned to the cinemas, maturer patrons might even pay the full whack for movies over the weekend. John Hopewell, Variety, 6 Mar. 2024 The car's total output at full whack is naturally rear biased, because while each front motor is rated at 295 hp and 207 lb-ft, the two rear drive units are good for a monster 644 horses and 664 lb-ft apiece. Dan Edmunds, Car and Driver, 17 Aug. 2022

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“Full whack.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/full%20whack. Accessed 29 Mar. 2024.

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