whole hog
the furthest extent; everything: With them it was whole hog or nothing.
Usually whole-hog [hohl-hawg, -hog] /ˈhoʊlˈhɔg, -ˈhɒg/ . complete and thorough; wholehearted: Any whole-hog endorsement of the doctrine would leave its proponent overexposed to counterarguments.
completely; wholeheartedly: I've long hated this idea that you can't just jump whole hog into radical feminism.
Idioms about whole hog
go the whole hog, to do something to the fullest extent; proceed with or indulge in something completely and unreservedly: The townspeople went the whole hog for the celebration.: Also go whole hog .
Origin of whole hog
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British Dictionary definitions for whole hog
slang the whole or total extent (esp in the phrase go the whole hog)
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with whole hog
see go whole hog.
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