the whole nine yards /ðə ˌhoʊl ˌnaɪn ˈjɑɹdz/adverb 1noun 1 adverb1 •All the way; with everything done completely or thoroughly.Would they want me to vote my conscience or would they want us to unanimously go the whole nine yards, declare him sane and possibly have the trial end up in a death sentence? — 2007 noun1 •everything; often used, like etc., to finish out a list.While there Roscoe went fishing and has a big story to tell, but we refuse to stand while he unloads. He will catch some unsuspecting individual some of these days and give him the whole nine yards. — 1908
