through and through en · ADV
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Completely; entirely; fundamentally.
He moved from Cincinnati to San Francisco, but he's still a Cincinnati Bengals fan, through and through.
Thus, sitting where I was, I lit my candle once more, and then clambered across that great coffin which, for two hours or more, had been a mid-wall of partition between me and danger. But to get out of the niche was harder than to get in; for now that I had a candle to light me, I saw that the coffin, though sound enough to outer view, was wormed through and through, and little better than a rotten shell. So it was that I had some ado to get over it, not daring either to kneel upon it or to bring much weight to bear with my hand, lest it should go through.
[1898], J[ohn] Meade Falkner, Moonfleet, London; Toronto, Ont.: Jonathan Cape, published 1934, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| through-and-through | alternative, noun | lexicographic |
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Translations (23)
fi kauttaaltaan (entirely) · ta முழுக்க முழுக்க (entirely) · es de los pies a la cabeza (entirely) · de durch und durch (entirely) · nl door en door (entirely) · sv alltigenom (entirely) · sh скро̑з на̏скро̄з (entirely) · pl na wskroś (entirely) · no tvers igjennom (entirely) · es por los cuatro costados (entirely) · sv (ända) ut i fingerspetsarna (entirely) · es en toda regla (entirely) · fi henkeen ja vereen (entirely) · es plenamente (entirely) · is í húð og hár (entirely) · no fra ende til annen (entirely) · pl na wylot (entirely) · sh skrȏz nȁskrōz (entirely) · es a carta cabal (entirely) · fi läpikotaisin (entirely) · yi דורך און דורך (entirely) · grc διαμπερές (entirely) · ta பூரா (entirely)