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the whole shop

the whole shop noun: the whole lot; everything; the works.

Noun

the whole shop

  1. (colloquial) The whole lot; everything; the works.

Questions about the whole shop

What does the whole shop mean?
The whole shop means the whole lot; everything; the works.
What part of speech is the whole shop?
The whole shop is a noun.

Words near the whole shop in the dictionary

  1. The Whiteman
  2. the whole bang shoot
  3. the whole caboodle
  4. the whole nine miles
  5. the whole nine yards
  6. the whole shop
  7. the whole while
  8. the whole world
  9. the whole world and his dog
  10. the winner takes it all
  11. the wolf is at the door

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