whole shooting match

NOUN

aggregate

Synonyms

STRONG

accumulation agglomerate agglomeration amount assemblage body bulk combination conglomerate conglomeration gross heap lump mass mixture pile quantity sum total totality whole

WEAK

all the works whole ball of wax whole enchilada whole schmear

Antonyms

STRONG

fraction part

WEAK

individual one

NOUN

all

Synonyms

STRONGEST

everyone everything group total

WEAK

accumulation aggregate aggregation collection ensemble entirety gross integer jackpot lock stock and barrel mass quantity sum sum total unit utmost whole ball of wax whole enchilada whole nine yards whole schmear whole show works

Antonyms

WEAK

none zero zilch zip

NOUN

whole caboodle

Synonyms

WEAK

all of it full measure full monty kit and caboodle limit whole ball of wax whole bit whole deal whole hog whole kit and boodle whole kit and caboodle whole mess whole nine yards whole shebang whole show whole shtick works

Example Sentences

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Boeheim and Co. run the whole shooting match, and no matter what they do, you can’t run ’em out of town unless they miss March Madness three straight times.

From Washington Post • Mar. 13, 2016

Gideon needs his version of “What Say You Meg,” the song that currently gives the whole shooting match to the other guy.

From Chicago Tribune • Jun. 26, 2014

The modern world has gone barmy about computers, and it owes the whole shooting match to Turing.

From BBC • Jun. 22, 2012

Facebook, YouTube, Google, the whole shooting match would just blow Damon's pathetic little masquerade right out of the water.

From The Guardian • Jul. 28, 2011

He knew that every year the team had a chance of going to State and had won the whole shooting match four times since 1964.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger

whole shooting match

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