from head to toe

from head to toe
(from) head to toe completely.

Each person was scrubbed head to toe with antibacterial soap.

She was tall and thin, and dressed head to toe in black.


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  • from head to toe — adverb at all points from head to foot he was armed cap a pie • Syn: ↑cap a pie * * * from head to toe phrase used for emphasizing that you mean all of someone’s body They were covered in mud from head to toe. Thesaurus: general words relating to …   Useful english dictionary

  • from head to toe — used for emphasizing that you mean all of someone s body They were covered in mud from head to toe …   English dictionary

  • from top to toe — 1. Completely 2. From head to foot • • • Main Entry: ↑top * * * from head/top to toe/ phrase over the whole of your body He was covered in mud from head to toe …   Useful english dictionary

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

  • from head — 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 …   Useful english dictionary

  • head to toe — (from) head to toe completely. Each person was scrubbed head to toe with antibacterial soap. She was tall and thin, and dressed head to toe in black …   New idioms dictionary

  • from head to foot — from ˌhead to ˈfoot/ˈtoe idiom covering your whole body • We were covered from head to foot in mud. • She was dressed from head to toe in red. Main entry: ↑headidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • from tip to toe — from head to foot; completely, totally …   English contemporary dictionary

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

  • 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

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