all the way
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Also, the whole way. The entire distance, from start to finish, as in He ran all the way home, or The baby cried the whole way home. [Late 1700s]
Completely, as in I'm on your side all the way. [First half of 1900s]
See go all the way.
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The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.
Words nearby all the way
all the rage, all there, all the same, all the thing, all the time, all the way, All the world's a stage, all the worse, all thumbs, all-time, all told
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