get the works

get the works
See: THE WORKS.

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • get the works — See: THE WORKS …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • get\ the\ works — See: the works …   Словарь американских идиом

  • the works — {n. plural}, {slang} 1. Everything that can be had or that you have; everything of this kind, all that goes with it. * /When the tramp found $100, he went into a fine restaurant and ordered the works with a steak dinner./ 1b. See: SHOOT THE WORKS …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • the works — {n. plural}, {slang} 1. Everything that can be had or that you have; everything of this kind, all that goes with it. * /When the tramp found $100, he went into a fine restaurant and ordered the works with a steak dinner./ 1b. See: SHOOT THE WORKS …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • the\ works — n. plural slang 1. Everything that can be had or that you have; everything of this kind, all that goes with it. When the tramp found $100, he went into a fine restaurant and ordered the works with a steak dinner. 1b. See: shoot the works 2. Rough …   Словарь американских идиом

  • The Works (film) — The Works was to be the first entirely 3D computer animated film, created by the Computer Graphics Lab, but it was never completed. The name was inspired by the original meaning of the word robot , which means work in many Slavic languages. It… …   Wikipedia

  • The Works (Echo & the Bunnymen album) — Infobox Album | Name = The Works Type = Box set Artist = Echo the Bunnymen Released = 31 March 2008 Recorded = Genre = Post punk Length = Label = Rhino Producer = Reviews = Last album = B sides Live (2001 – 2005) (2007) This album = The Works… …   Wikipedia

  • shoot the works — {v. phr.}, {slang} 1. To spare no expense or effort; get or give everything. * /Billy shot the works when he bought his bicycle; he got a bell, a light, a basket, and chrome trimmings on it, too./ * /The Greens shot the works on their daughter s… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • shoot the works — {v. phr.}, {slang} 1. To spare no expense or effort; get or give everything. * /Billy shot the works when he bought his bicycle; he got a bell, a light, a basket, and chrome trimmings on it, too./ * /The Greens shot the works on their daughter s… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • shoot\ the\ works — v. phr. slang 1. To spare no expense or effort; get or give everything. Billy shot the works when he bought his bicycle; he got a bell, a light, a basket, and chrome trimmings on it, too. The Greens shot the works on their daughter s wedding… …   Словарь американских идиом

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