Definition of The whole nine yards

1. Noun. (idiomatic) All the way; with everything done completely or thoroughly. ¹

2. Noun. (idiomatic) And everything. Often used, like etc., to finish out a list. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of The Whole Nine Yards

the straw that broke the camel's back
the sublime
the terrorists will have won
the thick plottens
the thing
the thing is
the thing of it
the trots
the true
the upper hand
the way to a man's heart is through his stomach
the wheels fell off
the whistle does not pull the train
the whistle doesn't pull the train
the whole caboodle
the whole nine yards (current term)
the whole shooting match
the whole way
the whole world and his dog
the world and his wife
the world is one's lobster
the world is one's oyster
the world over
the writing is on the wall
thea
theaflavin
theaflavins
theaism
thealogical
thealogies

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