from top to bottom

idiom

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

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Cultivating this way of breathing calls for releasing and relaxing every pointless tension, every energetic block, from top to bottom. Ginny Whitelaw, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025 Players are split into vertical columns by position and ranked from top to bottom by category — with the most desirable draftees stationed at the top. Michael Silver, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025 The Girlfriend Collective’s Compressive High-Rise Pocket Leggings have an ultra-high-rise waist with compression material all around to smooth you out from top to bottom. Korin Miller, Glamour, 18 Apr. 2025 The Razr has a smaller 3.6-inch outer screen (when measured from top to bottom) made from Corning Gorilla Glass Victus. PC Magazine, 24 Apr. 2025 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 21 May. 2025.

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