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from top to bottom

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from top to bottom

Fig. from the highest point to the lowest point; throughout. I have to clean the house from top to bottom today. We need to replace our elected officials from top to bottom.

See also: bottom, top

from top to bottom

in every part We searched the house from top to bottom but we couldn't find the letter.

Related vocabulary: (from) stem to stern

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from top to bottom

in every part We searched the house from top to bottom but we couldn't find the letter. They bought an old hotel and restyled it from top to bottom.

See also: bottom, top