lock, stock and barrel

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Lock, stock and barrel

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Etymology

From the three principal parts of a flintlock.

Noun

lock, stock and barrel

1. A thing in its entirety, with nothing omitted.

   They want to buy the whole thing, lock, stock and barrel.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:completely

See also

• flash in the pan
• full monty
• go off half-cocked
• the whole nine yards
• whole shebang