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[hoh-luhs-boh-luhs]

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adverb

all at once; altogether.

Origin:
1840–50; mock-Latin rhyming compound based on phrase whole bolus. See whole, bolus

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holus-bolus (ˈhəʊləsˈbəʊləs)

—*adv*
	informal all at once

[C19: pseudo-Latin based on whole bolus; see bolus]

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