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Jackson6612 Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

everything possessed, available, or belonging...

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11 plural a: everything possessed, available, or belonging <the whole works, rod, reel, tackle box, went overboard> <ordered pizza with the works>
[M-W's Col. Dic.]

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What is a tackle box?
  

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" If you get a pizza with the works, you get the meats, the veggies, all the stuff you could add. If you get a cheese steak with the works, you get it with cheese, peppers, onions, and mushrooms -- all the thing that can be added are added. A tackle box is what fishermen keep their hooks, lures, sinkers, etc.

— BarbaraPA

  • " If you get a pizza with the works, you get the meats, the veggies, all the stuff you could add.
  • If you get a cheese steak with the works, you get it with cheese, peppers, onions, and mushrooms -- all the thing that can be added are added.
  • A tackle box is what fishermen keep their hooks, lures, sinkers, etc.
  • in when fishing.
  • That example emphasizes that all of the fisherman's stuff went over the side of the boat.
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Jackson, first realize that this is describing the word "works." It means "everything."

If you get a pizza with the works, you get the meats, the veggies, all the stuff you could add.

If you get a cheese steak with the works, you get it with cheese, peppers, onions, and mushrooms -- all the thing that can be added are added.

A tackle box is what fishermen keep their hook
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