Idiom
smoke the whole pack
Meaning
To be made to go all in on something one only wanted a lesser amount of.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I only wanted one slice, but they made me smoke the whole pack.”
“I asked for a small sample, but the pushy salesman insisted I smoke the whole pack.”
“Although he initially sought only a minor commitment, the aggressive terms of the contract forced him to smoke the whole pack.”
Examples
simple
“I only wanted one slice, but they made me smoke the whole pack.”
contextual
“I asked for a small sample, but the pushy salesman insisted I smoke the whole pack.”
complex
“Although he initially sought only a minor commitment, the aggressive terms of the contract forced him to smoke the whole pack.”
Origin
From an old punishment in which a child caught smoking a single cigarette was compelled by an adult to smoke the entire pack. The practice was intended to create a physical aversion to tobacco so that the child would never wish to smoke again.
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