all the way
Idioms-
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]
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Completely, as in I'm on your side all the way . [First half of 1900s]
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See go all the way .
Example Sentences
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The one for Daniel came all the way down to his knees, but Zeke’s barely went past his shoulders.
From Literature
Arsenal, who have already beaten Bayern this season, look capable of going all the way not just in the Premier League but also in Europe.
From Barron's
What nobody anticipated was that Mendoza would will his way through the Miami defense all the way to the end zone.
Lowell has emailed hundreds of hotels with two questions: “Do your doors close all the way, and are they made of glass?”
Now—after a brief Kansas City/Patrick Mahomes interregnum—New England is almost all the way back.
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