from top to bottom

idiom

: in a very thorough way
We cleaned/searched the house from top to bottom.

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The square camera bump is also wrapped in faux leather, which gives the handset a coherent appearance from top to bottom. PCMAG, 30 Jan. 2025 Since then, the house has undergone a dramatic remodel and is essentially brand new from top to bottom. Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 29 Jan. 2025 Good process doesn’t guarantee the success the Bills have had, but that was a solid process from top to bottom by Pegula. Matthew Fairburn, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025 Magnetic north versus ‘true north’ At the top of the world in the middle of the Arctic Ocean lies the geographic North Pole, the point where all the lines of longitude that curve around Earth from top to bottom converge in the north. Mindy Weisberger, CNN, 21 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for from top to bottom 

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“From top to bottom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/from%20top%20to%20bottom. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.

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