lock stock and barrel
Example Sentences
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“The larger schools in the larger towns and cities just bought that lock, stock and barrel, and they ended their programs.”
From Seattle Times • Mar. 12, 2024
Kennedy’s previous claims otherwise were clearly a total fiction that the court bought lock, stock, and barrel.
From Slate • Sep. 7, 2023
Ducey's team took it over lock, stock and barrel.
From Salon • Dec. 4, 2021
It’s the feeling that next time we’ll catch them acting, next time we’ll see the artifice and the technique rather than being transported lock, stock and barrel into the psyche of the person they’ve created.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2020
‘Christamighty! I wouldn’t park myself behind that cash box if you was to give me the whole damn place, lock, stock, and barrel.’
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
