all the way

1. 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]

2. Completely, as in I'm on your side all the way . [First half of 1900s]

3. See go all the way .

Example Sentences

They said they became more suspicious when Mr Lennon would not make eye contact with them and said he was driving all the way to Benidorm.

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And if this keeps up, their Magic Brew very well could keep the cauldron bubbling all the way to Halloween.

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Industrial production, the Federal Reserve’s preferred index of output, rose steadily from the 1940s all the way to the 2008 recession and remains close to its all-time high.

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“We are with Poland all the way and we will help Poland protect itself,” he said.

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"It was all over the soles of our shoes and on my friend's knee, it was disgusting and upset us all the way home," the mother-of-two added.

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