full whack
idiom
British, informal
: full price
I ended up paying full whack for items that went on sale the next day.
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The hope is that having returned to the cinemas, maturer patrons might even pay the full whack for movies over the weekend.
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John Hopewell, Variety, 6 Mar. 2024
The car's total output at full whack is naturally rear biased, because while each front motor is rated at 295 hp and 207 lb-ft, the two rear drive units are good for a monster 644 horses and 664 lb-ft apiece.
—Dan Edmunds, Car and Driver, 17 Aug. 2022
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John Hopewell, Variety, 6 Mar. 2024
The car's total output at full whack is naturally rear biased, because while each front motor is rated at 295 hp and 207 lb-ft, the two rear drive units are good for a monster 644 horses and 664 lb-ft apiece.
—Dan Edmunds, Car and Driver, 17 Aug. 2022
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“Full whack.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/full%20whack. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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