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Yards Gave In The Loop 780 Entire Amount Girl’s Father Decided

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Idiom WHOLE NINE YARDS, GO THE
Definition the entire amount; (to go) all out
Examples
  1. The girl’s father decided to spare no expense in getting the very best of everything for his daughter’s wedding. He wanted the whole nine yards.
  2. We could save a little money on this dress by using less cloth in the skirt if you don’t want to go the whole nine yards.
Cross-Refs

Compare to: pull out all the stops; go to town; go whole hog

Extra Info

The term comes from the World War II era, where a fighter pilot’s chain of ammunition was twenty-seven feet long (or nine yards). So when he fired all this on the target, he said “I gave it the whole nine yards” — meaning, he gave it all he had.

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