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soup-to-nuts

[soop-tuh-nuhts]
–adjective
1. (of a meal) complete or impressive in number of courses.
2. Informal. complete; all-inclusive.

Origin:
1935–40, Americanism
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Main Entry:  soup to nuts
Part of Speech:  phr
Definition:  from beginning to end; all of the courses or parts
Usage:  used with 'from'
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soup to nuts

To include or cover everything, as in a full, multicourse meal: “The lecture on weather forecasting covered everything from soup to nuts.”

The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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