English · Idiom Historical

to go the whole shoot

Preserved but no longer current.

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

To do all there is to do, go the whole hog, run through the gamut.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Làm tất cả những gì có thể

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Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)

Sources & notes

Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.

Topics: Historical slang (1800s)

Common questions

What does “to go the whole shoot” mean?

To do all there is to do, go the whole hog, run through the gamut.

Is “to go the whole shoot” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.

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