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in the altogether

in the altogether prepositional phrase: naked.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (euphemistic, idiomatic) Naked.
    • Hearing that his wife was posing in the altogether for the great Spanish satirist, the Duke of Alba swore that he would paint Goya's picture in Goya's blood.1930 August 4, “Prix de Rome”, in Time
    • Last week, a Cleveland news anchor, Sharon Reed, was caught on camera stripping nude and joining a gaggle of other people in the altogether.2004 November 25, David Carr, “When a TV Talking Head Becomes a Talking Body”, in New York Times, retrieved 16 Sep 2008

Questions about in the altogether

What does in the altogether mean?
In the altogether means naked.
What part of speech is in the altogether?
In the altogether is a prepositional phrase.

Words near in the altogether in the dictionary

  1. in that case
  2. in the abstract
  3. in the act
  4. in the aggregate
  5. in the air
  6. in the altogether
  7. in the arms of Morpheus
  8. in the arms of Murphy
  9. in the article of death
  10. in the ascendant
  11. in the back seat

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