bag and baggage

Idioms  

1. All of one's belongings, especially with reference to departing with them; completely, totally. For example, The day he quit his job, John walked out, bag and baggage. Originating in the 1400s, this phrase at first meant an army's property, and to march off bag and baggage meant that the departing army was not leaving anything behind for the enemy's use. By the late 1500s, it had been transferred to other belongings.

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Example Sentences

Gravely ill at Doorn was Germany's ex-Kaiser Wilhelm....Carol of Rumania plumped bag and baggage down in Havana at last, told 60 reporters and cameramen he was "a simple refugee."

From Time Magazine Archive

I favor chartering a ship and loading the darlings on, bag and baggage.

From Time Magazine Archive

Shortly 75 Costa Rican policemen arrived at the island, deported the treasure hunters bag and baggage for digging without government permission.

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Two important musical organizations last week started bag and baggage on important tours.

From Time Magazine Archive

The day your parents land, I shall shift myself bag and baggage to an hotel.

From The Sixth Sense A Novel by McKenna, Stephen