every nook and cranny

every nook and cranny
every nook and cranny (informal)
Everywhere
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Main Entry:nook

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every nook and cranny/all the nooks and crannies/ phrase
every part of a place

We searched every nook and cranny of the house for him.

Thesaurus: everywhere and anywheresynonym
Main entry: nook

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every part or aspect of something

the party reached into every nook and cranny of people's lives

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every nook and cranny
: every part or place

We searched every nook and cranny. [=we searched everywhere]

He knows every nook and cranny of that engine.

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Main Entry:nook

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every ˌnook and ˈcranny idiom
(informal) every part of a place; every aspect of a situation

The wind blew into every nook and cranny.

She always explored every nook and cranny of a business deal.

Main entry:nookidiom

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  • every nook and cranny —     Every nook and cranny means every possible part of a place.     She searched every nook and cranny of the old town looking for antiques …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • every nook and cranny — If you search every nook and cranny, you look everywhere for something …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • every nook and cranny — ► every nook and cranny every part of something. Main Entry: ↑nook …   English terms dictionary

  • every nook and cranny — every part of a place. Law books were stuffed into every nook and cranny of his office …   New idioms dictionary

  • every nook and cranny — every part of something. → nook …   English new terms dictionary

  • nook and cranny — noun something remote he explored every nook and cranny of science • Syn: ↑nooks and crannies • Hypernyms: ↑detail, ↑item, ↑point …   Useful english dictionary

  • any nook or cranny — noun Any part of a place; anywhere. See Also: every nook and cranny …   Wiktionary

  • nook — [nuk] n [Date: 1200 1300; Origin: Probably from Old Norse] 1.) literary a small quiet place which is sheltered by a rock, a big tree etc ▪ a shady nook 2.) a small space in a corner of a room ▪ the table in the breakfast nook 3.) ev …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • nook — ► NOUN ▪ a corner or recess offering seclusion or security. ● every nook and cranny Cf. ↑every nook and cranny ORIGIN of unknown origin …   English terms dictionary

  • nook — [ nuk ] noun count a small corner or sheltered space every nook and cranny/all the nooks and crannies every part of a place …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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