Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is lock, stock, and barrel and it’s meaning is “completely; everything, the whole thing”.
Example Sentence: The biggest attrition (weakening) in soft power diplomacy has come from the big global powers themselves… Sanctions by the U.S. and the European Union in retaliation to Russia’s actions point to a growing weaponisation of economic measures. The U.S.’s withdrawal from Afghanistan lock stock and barrel, in spite of the Taliban takeover, indicates an acknowledgement that any attempt at ‘winning hearts and minds’ had failed…
This phrase is present in The Hindu article End of the age of soft power? and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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