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lock, stock and barrel
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completely, including everything
Comes after the verb: 'sell/buy/move something lock, stock and barrel'. From the three parts of an old gun.
In context
They sold the house lock, stock and barrel, furniture and all, and moved to Da Nang.
The company was bought lock, stock and barrel by a Korean group.
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