through and through

through and through

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Definition of THROUGH AND THROUGH

: in every way : thoroughly

Examples of THROUGH AND THROUGH

1. <I know him through and through, and he would never do such a cowardly thing.>
2. <those UFO claims were examined through and through and were found to be completely bogus>

First Known Use of THROUGH AND THROUGH

15th century

Related to THROUGH AND THROUGH

Synonyms: all, all of, all over, altogether, clean, completely, dead, enough, entire, entirely, even, exactly, fast, flat, full, heartily, out, perfectly, plumb [chiefly dialect], quite, soundly, thoroughly, fully, totally, utterly, well, wholly, wide

Antonyms: half, halfway, incompletely, part, partially, partly

Related Words: absolutely, categorically, cold, downright, hands down, plain, stone, stone-cold, unqualifiedly; basically, by and large, chiefly, generally, largely, mainly, more or less, mostly, overall, predominantly, predominately, primarily, principally, substantially; abundantly, copiously, generously, greatly

Near Antonyms: barely, hardly, just, kind of, marginally, minimally, scarcely, slightly, superficially; approximately, roughly, somewhat

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