Whole-hog
adjective, Informal.
1.
complete and thorough; wholehearted.
noun, Informal.
1.
the furthest extent; everything:
With them it was whole hog or nothing.
Idioms
2.
go whole hog, to do something completely or thoroughly:
The townspeople went whole hog for the celebration.
Also, go the whole hog.
noun
1.
(slang) the whole or total extent (esp in the phrase go the whole hog)
whole enchilada, the
see: go whole hog
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