bag and baggage

With all possessions

Bag and baggage means with all one's belongings, completely and entirely.

The phrase emphasizes total departure or removal: They threw him out bag and baggage.

It often suggests finality or thoroughness—leaving nothing behind.

Originally military terminology for a soldier's personal effects and army equipment.

departure

eviction

Forced departure from rental

vacating · belongings · possessions · luggage · removal · relocation · displacement · uprooting · exodus · retreat

completeness

utterly

To the fullest extent

entirely · altogether · completely · totally · fully · unreservedly · unconditionally · without exception · exhaustively · comprehensively

idiom

root and branch

Totally and completely

everything but the kitchen sink · head to toe · soup to nuts · top to bottom · A to Z · in toto · en masse

Opposites
completeness of departure/removal

bag and baggagepartially

To an incomplete extent

incompletely · in part · halfway · not entirely · piecemeal

permanence of departure

bag and baggagetemporarily

For a limited time

tentatively · incompletely · for now · provisionally · for the time being

Family

baggage, bagged, bagging, baggy, baggier, baggiest, bagginess

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G