whole-hog
[ hohl-hawg, -hog ]
/ ˈhoʊlˈhɔg, -ˈhɒg /
adjective Informal.
complete and thorough; wholehearted.
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Origin of whole-hog
First recorded in 1820–30
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Definition for whole-hog (2 of 2)
whole hog
noun Informal.
the furthest extent; everything: With them it was whole hog or nothing.
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Example sentences from the Web for whole-hog
Why did we buy into AIG and Citigroup when we could have actually bought Goldman whole-hog, for a cut-rate price?
He must be "a whole-hog man" or nothing, a Whig or a Democrat.
The Life Of Abraham Lincoln|Ward H. LamonThe "whole-hog men" would have none of them, and therein lay the distinction.
The Life Of Abraham Lincoln|Ward H. Lamon
British Dictionary definitions for whole-hog
whole hog
noun
slang the whole or total extent (esp in the phrase go the whole hog)
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Idioms and Phrases with whole-hog
whole hog
see go whole hog.
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