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in_the_loop_779 the entire amount; the whole lot Synonym: lock, stock, and barrel

Accepted Answer

WHOLE KIT AND CABOODLE, THE Some strangers came to our yard sale yesterday and bought everything we had. They bought the whole kit and caboodle.When the landlord evicted the man, he cleared out all the man’s possessions and put them out on the sidewalk, including the man’s trash from his wastebaskets! He put out the whole kit and caboodle. The expression is often used to describe items which might not normally be included or which one might expect to be excluded, such as the trash from the wastebaskets (sentence 2). Dating from the late 1800s, the whole kit and caboodle is actually the combination of words with a similar meaning. Both kit and caboodle mean a collection, and the combination into a single phrase is a way of adding emphasis.

Id	in_the_loop_779
Idiom	WHOLE KIT AND CABOODLE, THE
Definition	the entire amount; the whole lot
Examples	Some strangers came to our yard sale yesterday and bought everything we had. They bought the whole kit and caboodle. When the landlord evicted the man, he cleared out all the man’s possessions and put them out on the sidewalk, including the man’s trash from his wastebaskets! He put out the whole kit and caboodle.
Cross-Refs	Synonym: lock, stock, and barrel
Extra Info	The expression is often used to describe items which might not normally be included or which one might expect to be excluded, such as the trash from the wastebaskets (sentence 2). Dating from the late 1800s, the whole kit and caboodle is actually the combination of words with a similar meaning. Both kit and caboodle mean a collection, and the combination into a single phrase is a way of adding emphasis.

Kit Caboodle Bought Man’s Put Trash Combination Loop