from start to finish

Examples

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• An expert will do your taxes from start to finish, ensuring your taxes are done right, guaranteed, so you can relax.

• And finally, it only takes about 10 or 15 minutes from start to finish.

  Blog text (1)

• This was my operation from start to finish.

  The Building (2009)

• I work from start to finish.

  The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)

• How long did it take from start to finish between concept and completion?

  Adam Savage’s Tested

• If not, then take a deep breath and write your story again from start to finish.

  Academic text (2009)

• I'm going to be there for the whole audition, from start to finish.

  Midnight in a Toy Shop (1930)

• It took me six weeks from start to finish to do that entire thing, and every page was an adventure.

  The New Mutants (2020)

• Using recyclable materials, Tinkertoys, and LEGOs, the students are able to follow the design process from start to finish.

  Academic text (2012)

• The construction project lasted from start to finish about six months.

Synonyms

A

all the way

vsfrom start to finish

∞ 1.8

Completely from the start to the finish

focuses specifically on the whole time from beginning to end

E

end-to-end

vsfrom start to finish

1 4.6

For the whole time from the start to the finish

is used for the whole time from beginning to end in general

F

from soup to nuts

vsfrom start to finish

• Informal

1 7.4

Including everything from the beginning to the end

refers just to the whole time period from beginning to end

Antonyms

I

intermittently

15 6.0

In a way that stops and starts at irregular times

How Long

from start to finish

22 2.1

for a while

∞ 1.0

briefly

414 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology