whole hog
[ hohl-hawg, hog ]
/ ˈhoʊl ˈhɔg, ˈhɒg /
noun Informal.
the furthest extent; everything: With them it was whole hog or nothing.
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TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUTIdioms for whole hog
go whole hog, Informal. to do something completely or thoroughly: The townspeople went whole hog for the celebration.Also go the whole hog .
Origin of whole hog
An Americanism dating back to 1825–30
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whole-hog
[ hohl-hawg, -hog ]
/ ˈhoʊlˈhɔg, -ˈhɒg /
adjective Informal.
complete and thorough; wholehearted.
Origin of whole-hog
First recorded in 1820–30
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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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