from head to toe
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3.1
- idiom
:
de pies a cabeza
- It's a vast explosion, and Lex falls back, dripping wet from head to toe.
- covered from head to toe
So let's smell fresher, stay drier, and boost our confidence from head to toe with Lumi.
- So let's smell fresher, stay drier, and boost our confidence from head to toe with Lumi.
- So we're saying getting less sleep is just bad for us from head to toe.
- But grabbing up, I used to put Vaseline on myself from head to toe.
- So I was, I was staring at myself in the mirror, dressed from head to toe in a stormtrooper costume.
- I wouldn't change the damn thing about her, like, from head to toe.
- And so if you were wearing it to a formal event, maybe you could wear it all from head to toe.
Examples
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My garage is covered from head to toe with 95 posters.
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All the women are dressed in black from head to toe... ...walking 5 feet behind the men.
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We used to play so hard and get filthy from head to toe.
Fiction book (1996) -
Dressed in navy blue work clothes, Mike was covered with grease from head to toe.
Fiction book (1999) -
When he dropped her back on the bed, she tingled from head to toe and clutched at him.
Fiction book (1991) -
Emergency room workers noted that Lucas had scrapes and bruises from head to toe.
Academic text (1997) -
Ellis was dressed from head to toe in expensive Tommy Bahama casual wear.
Fiction book (2002) -
The redhead looked Pancho over from head to toe, grinned, and flounced off.
Fiction book (2001) -
The athlete prepared for the competition, ensuring he was from head to toe fit and ready.
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The artist painted the room in bright colors, transforming it from head to toe.
Synonyms
21
3.2
To do something completely by checking every part
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3.2
Completely wet, with water going through your clothes and reaching your skin
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9.9
Completely dressed from head to foot
Completely from the beginning to the end
Antonyms
How Complete
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3.1
21
3.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'completely; covering the whole body' is directly deducible from the composition: 'from'... 'to' marks a range and 'head' and 'toe' designate the body's top and bottom, so together they indicate entirety. This is a common, compositional spatial/range pattern found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows the parts will readily understand it.
Etymology
The phrase from head to toe creates a clear picture: something covers you from your head all the way down to your toe. So, it means 'completely'.