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smoke the whole pack

smoke the whole pack verb: to be made to go all in on something one only wanted a lesser amount of.

Verb

smoke the whole pack (third-person singular simple present smokes the whole pack, present participle smoking the whole pack, simple past and past participle smoked the whole pack)

  1. (idiomatic) To be made to go all in on something one only wanted a lesser amount of.

Forms of smoke the whole pack

third-person singular presentsmokes the whole pack
present participlesmoking the whole pack
past participlesmoked the whole pack
pastsmoked the whole pack

Origin of smoke the whole pack

From an old punishment where when a child was caught smoking a cigarette, they were forced to smoke the entire pack of them, in theory creating an aversion toward cigarettes so they never want to smoke again.

Questions about smoke the whole pack

What does smoke the whole pack mean?
Smoke the whole pack means to be made to go all in on something one only wanted a lesser amount of.
What part of speech is smoke the whole pack?
Smoke the whole pack is a verb.
What is the past tense of smoke the whole pack?
The past tense of smoke the whole pack is smoked the whole pack.

Words near smoke the whole pack in the dictionary

  1. smoke stands
  2. smoke test
  3. smoke tested
  4. smoke testing
  5. smoke tests
  6. smoke the whole pack
  7. smoke tower
  8. smoke towers
  9. smoke tree
  10. smoke trees
  11. smoke up

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