smoke the whole pack

English

Etymology

From an old punishment where when a child was caught smoking a cigarette, they were forced to smoke the entire pack of them, in theory creating an aversion toward cigarettes so they never want to smoke again.

Verb

smoke the whole pack (third-person singular simple present smokes the whole pack, present participle smoking the whole pack, simple past and past participle smoked the whole pack)

  1. (idiomatic) To be made to go all in on something one only wanted a lesser amount of.
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