get the works

1. To receive all possible options or amenities. A: "What toppings should we put on our pizza?" B: "Let's go crazy and get the works!" He is a very important customer, so make sure he gets the works. We want him to review our business favorably. The celebrity always has the works when she stays in our hotel—room service, personal massages, spa treatments, you name it.

2. slang To receive a very severe or extreme physical punishment. You're gonna get the works if you don't pay that protection money to the mafia. They're a dangerous outfit—of course you'll get the works if you betray them! A: "Josh is in the hospital? What happened?" B: "It seems he got the works from some rival gang members last night. "