through and through

adverb

: in every way : thoroughly

Synonyms

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

Examples of through and through in a Sentence

I know him through and through, and he would never do such a cowardly thing.

those UFO claims were examined through and through and were found to be completely bogus

Recent Examples on the Web

While the actor’s bold hair transformation at the Met left everyone in awe, her signature fresh blonde chop paired with her effortlessly girly, off-duty look was Sydney Sweeney through and through. —Alex Kessler, Glamour, 8 May 2024

Waititi is a lover of all watches through and through. —Cait Bazemore, Robb Report, 6 May 2024

There’s a glee in the Nazi killing and an exceptionally dry humor that is English through and through, but Ritchie strikes a tone that rides the line between self-serious and self-consciously humorous. —Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2024

And just to have that connection through and through, bring her into the Curry Brand family is exciting. —Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2024

But at its heart, the time-traveling adventure of Marty McFly is sci-fi through and through. —Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 6 Mar. 2024

This is a throwback, a MorningStar Farms burger through and through. —Danny Palumbo / The Takeout, Quartz, 24 Mar. 2024

Mnuchin is a Wall Street veteran through and through. —Dylan Sloan, Fortune, 15 Mar. 2024

With a catalog and career as kaleidoscopic as hers, Charli XCX is a Powerhouse through and through. —Kyle Denis, Billboard, 28 Feb. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above