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 Whatever your growing situation, fill the pot, bed or planter with the same material from top to bottom. Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 May 2024 Note that this recipe calls for halving the peppers from top to bottom. Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 3 May 2024 Set aside an afternoon and go shelf by shelf to empty your fridge from top to bottom. Maggie Gillette, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Apr. 2024 The Anaheim audience was also the first to see Green Day’s latest album Saviors performed from top to bottom. Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2024 If there ever was a complacent good ole boys culture, there is no better way to shake things up from top to bottom. Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 22 Feb. 2024 That only adds to the pressure of making the right decisions from top to bottom moving forward. Teresa M. Walker, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2024 Trending Videos Bordered by New York to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Delaware to the south, and Pennsylvania to the west, New Jersey stretches 150 miles from top to bottom. Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 6 Apr. 2024 The rear opening and cargo space grew significantly: The opening increased 2.0 inches from top to bottom and 5.7 inches from side to side. Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 19 Mar. 2024

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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 10 May. 2024.

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