Means what? I’ve used this term myself, probably hearing it from my parents.
I take it to mean ‘everything’, ‘all of something’, or, the whole nine yards. Am I even close?
Yes, that’s exactly what it means.
Ooops…meant to include this link with a theory on the origin of the phrase.
A more thorough and better discussion is offered over at the website kept by Michael Quinion
QED. You are wonderfully valuable in your rapid ability to respond to poster’s questions. So, I’ll share a site with you, assuming that you don’t know about it.
http://www.alt-usage-english.org/concordance_interface.shtml
Your phrase-finder site is OK, but quite often offers merely opinions. I use it myself to get insight into phrases I can’t track down on better researched etymology sites, such as the one I’ve linked to above.
(A caution about the site that I offered: just don’t trust the “A Word With You” info. It’s crap). Don’t click on “AWWY”