Noun: whole works
Usage: informal
Usage: informal
- Everything available; usually preceded by 'the'
"we saw the whole works";
- whole shebang [informal], whole kit and caboodle [N. Amer, informal], whole kit and boodle [N. Amer, informal], kit and boodle [N. Amer, informal], whole caboodle [informal], works [informal], full treatment, full works
Type of: entireness, entirety, integrality, totality