bag and baggage
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Meaning · English
With all belongings.
Where it’s used:
Used
Widespread English
Examples
It was one thing to ask for a reference, quite another to throw herself, bag and baggage, on the lady's mercy!
What if Penry took one look at her and threw her out, bag and baggage?
British National Corpus sentence via the MAGPIE corpus (CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Listed on Wikipedia “Irreversible binomial” (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-29). Figurative class: Metaphor (PIE-English corpus, CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-31).
Common questions
What does “bag and baggage” mean?
With all belongings.
Is “bag and baggage” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.