1. Home
2. Idioms
3. the whole shebang

the whole shebang

---

---

the whole shebang

(spoken)

all of something, including everything connected with it the whole nine yards We've got offices all over the world, and we're tying the whole shebang together with a high-speed computer network. Anderson has explored the black experience in America's intellectual, cultural, and political life - the whole shebang.

See also: shebang, whole

the whole shebang

  (informal)

the whole of something, including everything that is connected with it The party's next week but my parents are organizing the whole shebang.

See also: shebang, whole

the whole shebang

and the whole shooting match (...ʃəˈbæŋ)

n. the whole affair; everything and everyone. (Folksy.) The whole shebang is just about washed up. The boss put an end to the whole shooting match.

See also: shebang, whole