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lock stock and barrel









ADVERB
hook, line, and sinker
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Antonyms
WEAK
to a limited extent






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“The larger schools in the larger towns and cities just bought that lock, stock and barrel, and they ended their programs.”

From Seattle Times Mar. 12, 2024

Kennedy’s previous claims otherwise were clearly a total fiction that the court bought lock, stock, and barrel.

From Slate Sep. 7, 2023

On 14 April, the billionaire publicly stated that he wanted to buy Twitter - lock, stock and barrel.

From BBC Oct. 27, 2022

Ducey's team took it over lock, stock and barrel.

From Salon Dec. 4, 2021

“It be all fool-talk, lock, stock, and barrel; that’s what it be, an’ nowt else.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker




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