through and through

through and through
adverb
throughout the entire extent
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got soaked through in the rain

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I'm frozen through

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a letter shot through with the writer's personality

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knew him through and through

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boards rotten through and through

• Syn: ↑through

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I. preposition
Etymology: Middle English
: repeatedly through : in at one side and out the other side of

thy slander hath gone through and through her heart — Shakespeare

II. adverb
Etymology: Middle English
1. : in every possible way or aspect : to the fullest extent : thoroughly

was through and through a liberal, a democrat, and a republican — Oscar Handlin

2. : all the way through : from one end to the other

a thunderstorm that drenched them through and through

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through and through
1. Through the whole thickness
2. Completely
3. In every point
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Main Entry: ↑through

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through and through phrase
used for saying that someone has all the qualities of a particular type of person

He was obviously a city kid through and through.

That woman’s evil through and through.

Thesaurus: words used to describe someone's personalityhyponym general words for a person's charactersynonym
Main entry: through

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in every aspect; thoroughly or completely

Harriet was a political animal through and through

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ˌthrough and ˈthrough idiom
completely; in every way

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He's British through and through.

Main entry: ↑throughidiom

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