Meaning

1 senses

  1. (idiomatic, informal)All of something or a group of related things taken in totality.

Examples

1 sentences

  1. Putin made the pivotal error of trying to take the whole enchilada.

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Forms

plural: whole enchiladas

Synonyms

23 synonyms
hookB2lockA2all the marblesbag and baggageeverything but the galley stoveeverything but the kitchen sinkeverything under the sunfull montykit and caboodlethe whole bang shootthe whole nine yardswhole ball of waxwhole hogwhole package

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
whoeverB1wholeA2wholeheartedlywholemealwholesale

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