the whole nine yards
everything you canpossiblywant, have, or do in aparticularsituation:
When I was little, myfamilyalways hadlotsofpets-dogs,cats,hamsters,fish,rabbits- thewholenineyards.
Theweatherwasterriblebut Iwantedtogothewholenineyardsand get to thetopof themountain.
Continue & last
- (it's) business as usualidiom
- bash on
- carry(something)on
- cease
- cont.
- contd
- drag
- echo
- insist ondoing something
- jag
- keep atsomething
- keepsomeoneat itidiom
- leg
- push ahead
- push on
- run on
- runsomeone/somethingover
- seesomethingout
- span
- spin
Examplesofthe whole nine yards
the whole nine yards
This book includes an early use of the phrasethewholenineyards.
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- misguided
- misguided attempt
- misguidedly
- misguided policy
- mishandle
- mishandled
- mishandling
- mishap
- mishear
- mishit
- mishmash
- misidentification
- misidentify
- misinform
- misinformation
- misinformed
- misinforming
- misinterpret
- misinterpretation
- misinterpreted
- misinterpreting
- misjudge
- misjudged
- misjudging
- misjudgment