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nine yards
noun as in ball of wax
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He played it with good judgment always, and this time, on the green with his second, he holed a nine-yards putt for a 3.
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He fell just twenty-seven feet-nine yards—from where we lay!
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On this page you'll find 9 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to nine yards, such as: everything but the kitchen sink, full monty, shebang, show, state of affairs, and the whole shebang.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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