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from top to bottom

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  1. adjectival In an exhaustive and pervasive manner. She's a born leader from top to bottom.

    Similar: from head to toe, from stem to stern

  2. adverbial In the manner of conducting a remedy, search, or investigation (etc.) that is thorough and complete. They restored the car from top to bottom.

    Similar: completely, thoroughly, through and through

  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see from, top, to, bottom.

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prep_phrase Translations

Françaisde fond en comble
Italianoda cima a fondo
Русскийсве́рху до́низу svérxu dónizu

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"from top to bottom." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/from%20top%20to%20bottom. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{from_top_to_bottom_2026,
  title = {from top to bottom},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/from%20top%20to%20bottom},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}