end to end

Idioms  

1. In a row with the ends touching. For example, The logs were laid end to end . [Mid-1800s]

2. from end to end . Throughout the length of something, as in We hiked the Appalachian Trail from end to end . [First half of 1600s]

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end to end

Washington's journey lasted about five hours on the ferry service that takes up to 50 hours from end to end.

From Barron's ● May 18, 2026

To enable AI to scale across the enterprise, processes need to be redesigned end to end, according to Krishna.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 2026

His large band, squeezed onto a stage scarcely longer than two kayaks laid end to end, is composed almost entirely of Haitian preachers’ kids raised in the country’s gospel tradition.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2026

While Signal is encrypted from end to end, all you have to do is take screenshots of the conversations to bypass the encryption protocols.

From Salon ● Mar. 27, 2025

He taught me more than all the others set end to end.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss