head to toe

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head to toe

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From Middle English (fram) heved to þe ton.

adverb head-to-toe · from head to toe

  1. idiomatic, not comparable Entirely; completely; over one's full body. He fell in a puddle and ended up covered head to toe in mud.
  2. not comparable In reversed positions; in a lying position of two people where each person's feet are juxtaposed with the other person's head. -we reversed positions so there was no funny business. - Reversed positions? - Yeah, you know, head to toe.

    Similar: completely

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adv entirely; completely; over one's full body

Españolde pies a cabeza
한국어머리부터 발끝까지 meoributeo balkkeutkkaji
日本語頭の天辺から足の爪先まで atama no teppen kara ashi no tsumasaki made, 全身 zenshin
Portuguêsda cabeça aos pés, de cabo a rabo, de fio a pavio, dos pés à cabeça
Françaisde la tête aux pieds, de pied en cap, des pieds à la tête, depuis les pieds jusqu’à la tête
Deutschvon Kopf bis Fuß
Ελληνικάπατόκορφα patókorfa
Românăde la cap la coadă
Tiếng Việttừ đầu đến đuôi
עבריתמִכַּף רֶגֶל וְעַד רֹאשׁ mikkáf régel v'ad rosh

adv in reversed positions

Françaistête-bêche

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@misc{head_to_toe_2026,
  title = {head to toe},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/head%20to%20toe},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}