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

Schafer, one of the country’s leading practitioners of classical architecture, designed and built Middlefield from the ground up in 1999. — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2026

Jalapeño is the first custom AI chip designed from the ground up by OpenAI and produced by Broadcom that’s specific to powering the LLM behind tools like ChatGPT and Codex. — Time Staff, Time, 15 Oct. 2026

The atmosphere and community the Valkyries have built from the ground up in just two years is something Williams has longed for in recent years. — Janie McCauley, Hartford Courant, 13 Oct. 2026

The company manages and leases 25 million square feet of space, ranging from large urban mixed-use destinations to lifestyle, community and open-air centers, either built from the ground up or purchased. — David Moin, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1910, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Rhymes for from the ground up

• backup
• blowup
• breakup
• buildup
• checkup
• cleanup
• holdup
• hookup
• lineup
• lockup
• makeup
• markup