all the marbles

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all the marbles

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  1. idiomatic, plural, plural only everything; all that is to be had. After a day's worth of events, it came down to one last match; this one was for all the marbles.

    Similar: all the marbles, bag and baggage, everytang, everything but the galley stove, everything but the kitchen sink, everything under the sun, full monty, hook, line and sinker, kit and caboodle, lock, stock and barrel

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@misc{all_the_marbles_2026,
  title = {all the marbles},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/all%20the%20marbles},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}