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What is the origin of the phrase he whole nine yards?

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What is the origin of the phrase he whole nine yards?

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It refers to the length of an ammunition belt for a Vickers Machine Gun in WW1. To give it the whole 9 yards was to put all of your firepower at one target. To exert maximum effort.

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