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]
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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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This massive system extends from the Afar Depression in northeastern Ethiopia all the way to Mozambique, separating the African tectonic plate from the Arabian and Somali plates.
From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 2026
They also anticipate a day when the entire dining transaction, all the way through to payment, will stay on an AI platform such as ChatGPT.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 25, 2026
"You can see 360 degrees all the way to Haifa in Israel."
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026
And then you go all the way back to their childhood.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026
He was breathing hard, like he’d run all the way from his house, six driveways down the street.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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