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The whole thing, not the highlight reel — no skipping to the end.
means The complete whole of something, with every part included and nothing left out or set aside.
from Traces back through Old French 'entier' to Latin 'integer' — meaning whole, untouched, intact. That's the same root behind 'integer' in math and 'integrity' in character: all three share the idea of something undivided, complete in itself, not broken into pieces.
- legal favorite
- courts love it to mean no loopholes
- etymology
- from Latin integritas, same root as integrity
- usage tell
- often signals someone braced for a long story