- root and branch
- 1 the firm should be eradicated, root and branch: COMPLETELY, entirely, wholly, totally, thoroughly.→ root
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root and branch phraseinvolving all partsThe Party wanted root and branch electoral reform.
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root and branch,Especially British.1. radical; drastic; extreme: »Our…service is obsolete, requiring root and branch reform (London Times).
2. completely; utterly: »Political circumstances have forced him to oppose the Marples programme root and branch (Manchester Guardian Weekly).
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used to express the thorough or radical nature of a process or operationroot and branch reform of personal taxation
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• • •Main Entry: ↑branch————————root and branchchiefly Brit1 : complete or thorougha root and branch overhaul of local schools
2 : completely or thoroughlyThe laws were reformed root and branch.
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ˌroot and ˈbranch idiomthoroughly and completely•
The government set out to destroy the organization root and branch.
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root-and-branch reforms
Useful english dictionary. 2012.