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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Example Sentences

My friend Joseph Lee has his painting studio on the second floor of a strip mall plaza, his half-squeezed tubes of paint line the walls from end to end.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026

Nigeria international Ademola Lookman grabbed the third from close range before Sorloth nodded in a fourth as the game flowed from end to end.

From Barron's • Feb. 21, 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

Other end to end encrypted services in the UK include Signal, Meta's WhatsApp, and Apple's iMessage.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2025

And I tape four sheets of typing paper together end to end and lay all the information out on a time line, hour by hour.

From "Things Not Seen" by Andrew Clements