shooting match

noun

1

: a competitive test in shooting : competition in marksmanship

2

: a collection or aggregate of persons or things : lot

also : the entire affair or matter : concern, business

—used chiefly in the phrase the whole shooting match

sick and tired of the whole shooting match

rich enough to buy the whole shooting match

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