whole shooting match

English

Etymology

Compare whole shitting match. Perhaps that term is a vulgarization of this term, or this term is a bowdlerization of that term.

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Noun

whole shooting match

  1. (idiomatic) Everything; the entire collection, endeavor, or activity.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:everything
    It started raining on their picnic and they had to move the whole shooting match inside.
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