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View synonyms for from the ground up

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From the very beginning; also, completely, thoroughly. For example, We've had to learn a new system from the ground up , or The company changed all of the forms from the ground up . This expression alludes to the construction of a house, which begins with the foundation.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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