down to the ground



down to the ground

Thoroughly, completely, as in This new job suits him down to the ground. [Colloquial; second half of 1800s]
See also: down, ground

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Leyla-Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Azerbaijani, English (Modern)
Tianatee-AN-əEnglish
JØRn-Danish, Norwegian
KristofferKREES-tof-fer (Finnish)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish
ThorburnTHAWR-bərnEnglish (Rare)
EarleneURL-eenEnglish