whole package
noun1
Usually, With the All the elements constituting a whole or occurring as a unit.
- What MacIntyre therefore rejects is the whole package, namely a growth economy managed by the state, with occasional corrections with welfare, and so on.2003, Ronald Beiner, Liberalism, nationalism, citizenship: essays on the problem of political community, →ISBN:
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Idiomatic, Usually, With the Something or someone that possesses a full set of relevant characteristics, usually desirable ones.
- For us, they are the whole package—fantastic foliage, precocious bloom, and beautiful flowers. In short, elegant simplicity.2006, C. Colston Burrell, Judith Knott Tyler, Hellebores: a comprehensive guide, →ISBN, page 17:
- Related terms
- real deal, total package