from top to bottom

idiom

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

Examples of from top to bottom in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web This composite image shows, from top to bottom, Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto next to Jupiter. Mike Sori, Discover Magazine, 18 Oct. 2024 Anyone who was around for the heyday of newspaper publishing will remember pages filled with ads from top to bottom, which is still the case for many papers running at the moment. Sergii Denysenko, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024 That is a wise strategy considering the Trinity League’s talent from top to bottom. Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2024 Leaf and Lisa Hillman, longtime fish protectors from the Karuk Tribe, called the end of the dams a healing of communities from top to bottom. Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 12 Oct. 2024 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 25 Oct. 2024.

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