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lock, stock, and barrel

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by A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates

[lock, stock, and barrel] {n. phr.}

Everything; completely.

* /The robbers emptied the whole house — lock, stock, and barrel./

Compare: HOOK, LINE, AND SINKER.

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	{n. phr.} ⁵³⁰

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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