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from soda to hock

from soda to hock prepositional phrase: from start to finish.

Prepositional phrase

  1. From start to finish.
    • If two different juries that sat in on the court dealings from soda to hock can't see the same verdict, don't trust no cowhand seventy-one winters gone to judge him.2008, Richard E. Baker, Letters from Across the Big Divide, page 56

Origin of from soda to hock

In reference to the card game faro, in which the soda is the first card and the hock the last.

Questions about from soda to hock

What does from soda to hock mean?
From soda to hock means from start to finish.
What part of speech is from soda to hock?
From soda to hock is a prepositional phrase.

Words near from soda to hock in the dictionary

  1. from pillar to post
  2. from post to pillar
  3. from scratch
  4. from sea to shining sea
  5. from side to side
  6. from soda to hock
  7. from someone's mouth to God's ears
  8. from soup to nuts
  9. from start to finish
  10. from stem to stern
  11. from that time on

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