whole hog

Speech parts

1. whole hog - Noun

2. whole hog - Adjective

3. whole hog - Adverb

Meaning

whole hog (not comparable)

(informal) Total; entire; without restraint.

whole hog (not comparable)

(informal) Totally; entirely.

whole hog

The entire amount; the full extent.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:everything

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Never do anything by halves if you want to get away with it. Be outrageous. Go the whole hog. Make sure everything you do is so completely crazy it's unbelievable. Roald Dahl

I'm not really a Jew; just Jew-ish, not the whole hog. Jonathan Miller

I went whole hog at the actor's lifestyle - really embraced it. I had by then known how much I loved acting already, because I discovered acting from a teacher in the seminary - that's the first place I ever did it, in the seminary. Peter Jurasik

The whole hog or none. Italian Proverb

Don’t worry, Seekingses; it appears the only things which took a dive last night were the tumbling towers of giant Jenga blocks, and Rodney Scott’s hands as they dipped over and over again into a whole hog of signature ‘que at the dinner buffet. Source: Internet

However, this time round, the MPs are determined to go the whole hog as they lobby support from the public and ask the president to assent to the law. Source: Internet

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