from top to toe

from top to toe
from top to toe
1. Completely
2. From head to foot
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Main Entry:top

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from head/top to toe/ phrase
over the whole of your body

He was covered in mud from head to toe.

Thesaurus: general words relating to the human bodysynonym general regions and organs inside the bodyhyponym
Main entry: toe

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she seemed to glow from top to toe

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from top to toe — see top, 1
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Main Entry:toe
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from top to toe
: from your head to your feet

They were covered from top to toe [=(more commonly) from head to toe] in mud.

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Main Entry:top

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from ˌtop to ˈtoe idiom

She was dressed in green from top to toe.

Main entry:topidiom

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  • From top to toe — Top Top, n. [AS. top; akin to OFries. top a tuft, D. top top, OHG. zopf end, tip, tuft of hair, G. zopf tuft of hair, pigtail, top of a tree, Icel. toppr a tuft of hair, crest, top, Dan. top, Sw. topp pinnacle, top; of uncertain origin. Cf.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • from top to toe — (from) top to toe See: from head to toe …   New idioms dictionary

  • from top to toe — on every part of a person s body. He gazed at her across the room, dressed in black leather from top to toe …   New idioms dictionary

  • from top to toe — from head to foot, entirely, all over …   English contemporary dictionary

  • from top to toe — all over. → top …   English new terms dictionary

  • top to toe — (from) top to toe See: from head to toe …   New idioms dictionary

  • from top to bottom — from head to toe, from the basement to the roof beams …   English contemporary dictionary

  • Top — Top, n. [AS. top; akin to OFries. top a tuft, D. top top, OHG. zopf end, tip, tuft of hair, G. zopf tuft of hair, pigtail, top of a tree, Icel. toppr a tuft of hair, crest, top, Dan. top, Sw. topp pinnacle, top; of uncertain origin. Cf. {Tuft}.]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Top and but — Top Top, n. [AS. top; akin to OFries. top a tuft, D. top top, OHG. zopf end, tip, tuft of hair, G. zopf tuft of hair, pigtail, top of a tree, Icel. toppr a tuft of hair, crest, top, Dan. top, Sw. topp pinnacle, top; of uncertain origin. Cf.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Top minnow — Top Top, n. [AS. top; akin to OFries. top a tuft, D. top top, OHG. zopf end, tip, tuft of hair, G. zopf tuft of hair, pigtail, top of a tree, Icel. toppr a tuft of hair, crest, top, Dan. top, Sw. topp pinnacle, top; of uncertain origin. Cf.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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