get (one's) kit off
To remove one's clothes. Primarily heard in UK. Come on, it's already nine o'clock—get your kit off and hop in the tub before it gets any later! You're going to be late for school! Get your kit off and get your uniform on! I didn't have much time to change between numbers, so I got my kit off as quick as I could.
kit
1. A kitten. Aw, look at that little kit! What a love!
2. A uniform, especially that worn by Association Football (soccer) players. Primarily heard in UK. Did you see Arsenal's new kits?
kit out
To furnish someone or something with clothing, equipment, furniture, accessories, etc., for a particular purpose, especially that which is new or desirable. A noun or pronoun can be used between "kit" and "out." Often used in passive constructions. They kitted the office space out with brand new desks, chairs, and computers. The team came onto the pitch kitted out in new boots and jerseys. Primary schools are getting kitted out with fancy new tablets as part of an initiative by the city council.
kit up
To furnish someone or something with clothing, equipment, furniture, accessories, etc., for a particular purpose, especially that which is new or desirable. A noun or pronoun can be used between "kit" and "up." Often used in passive constructions. They kitted the office space up with brand new desks, chairs, and computers. The team came onto the pitch kitted up in new boots and jerseys. Primary schools are getting kitted up with fancy new tablets and laptops as part of an initiative by the city council.
piece of kit
A specific item, often a piece of equipment. Primarily heard in UK. A: "Look at this nice piece of kit! What is it?" B: "This machine here has contributed to many major breakthroughs in cancer research and treatment."
the (whole) kit and caboodle
All the parts of a group of things. I had a collection I'd been putting together for nearly 25 years, and burglars stole the whole kit and caboodle. John has some awesome camping gear, and he let us borrow the whole kit and caboodle for the weekend.
the whole kit
obsolete All the parts of a group of things. The term survives today in the phrase "the whole kit and caboodle," meaning the same. If this wealthy man from the city offers you money for the whole kit, you should sell. It would cost tons to repair all the dilapidated buildings on the farm yourself.
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whole kit and caboodle
Inf. a group of pieces of equipment or belongings. (The word caboodle is used only in this expression.) When I bought Bob's motorhome, I got furniture, refrigerator, and linen—the whole kit and caboodle. The salesman managed to sell John the whole kit and caboodle.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
whole kit and caboodle, the
Everything, every part, as in He packed up all his gear, the whole kit and caboodle, and walked out. This expression is a redundancy, for kit has meant "a collection or group" since the mid-1700s (though this meaning survives only in the full idiom today), and caboodle has been used with the same meaning since the 1840s. In fact caboodle is thought to be a corruption of the phrase kit and boodle, another redundant phrase, since boodle also meant "a collection."
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the whole caboodle
BRITISH, AMERICAN or the whole kit and caboodle
BRITISHIf you talk about
the whole caboodle or
the whole kit and caboodle, you mean the whole of something.
You can borrow the tent and equipment — the whole caboodle — if you like. They have financed the whole kit and caboodle. Note: The usual American expression is
the whole ball of wax or
the whole enchilada. Note: `Caboodle' may come from the Dutch word `boedal', meaning `property'.
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the whole caboodle (or the whole kit and caboodle)
the whole lot. informal Caboodle may come from the Dutch word boedel meaning ‘possessions’.
get your kit off
take off all your clothes. British informalFarlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017
the ˌwhole caˈboodle
, the ˌwhole kit and caˈboodle
everything: I had new clothes, a new hairstyle — the whole caboodle.This idiom originally came from the Dutch word boedel, meaning ‘possessions’.get your ˈkit off
(British English, slang) take your clothes offFarlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017
kit and caboodle
(ˈkɪt næ kəˈbudlæ) n. everything; all parts and property. (Often with whole.) I want you out of here—kit and caboodle—by noon. She moved in to stay, kit and caboodle.
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the (whole) kit and caboodle
Informal The entire collection or lot.
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kit and caboodle, (the whole)
Everything; all of it. Several writers speculate that caboodle comes from the Dutch boedel, meaning a large quantity, whereas kit has long meant a set of tools or equipment for a specific purpose, such as a tool kit or makeup kit. However, the OED maintains that caboodle is a corruption of kit and boodle, and gives quotations for whole caboodle (1838), kit and cargo (1852), kit and boiling (1859), and finally, the hul kit and boodle (1861). They all meant the same thing—“the lot.”
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer Copyright © 2013 by Christine Ammer
kit and caboodle
The entire thing. A “kit” is a collection of items, such as a tool kit or a sewing kit. “Caboodle,” comes from “boodle,” is a collection of people. This 19th-century phrase was frequently misheard as “kitten caboodle,” causing the mishearer to look around for a young feline.
Endangered Phrases by Steven D. Price Copyright © 2011 by Steven D. Price