from the ground up

phrase

1

: entirely new or afresh

The car has been redesigned from the ground up.

2

: from the very beginning : thoroughly

built the resort from the ground up

Examples of from the ground up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Extending the life of an existing nuclear plant is generally less capital-intensive than constructing a new one from the ground up. — Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 9 July 2026

Staffers felt whiplashed as Wang and Zuckerberg rebuilt the company’s AI team from the ground up. — Ben Weiss, Fortune, 9 July 2026

The backstory Built from the ground up with construction beginning in 2013, the hotel opened its ‘Ewa Tower in 2016. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 July 2026

The 13th-generation Intel Core i7 processor is one of our top picks for general-purpose mobile computing, designed from the ground up with power efficiency in mind. — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 3 July 2026

Rhymes for from the ground up

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