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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But that was a cumulative figure over 23 years, including budgets going all the way back to President George W. Bush.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026
Taking all measures, Logan said it appears that inflation is trending to the mid-2% range, but still not all the way back to Fed’s 2% target.
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026
Looking at price trends holistically, “inflation appears to be trending toward the mid 2’s—not all the way back to 2 percent,” Logan said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
Going all the way back to the court’s 1849 decision in Luther v.
From Slate • Jun. 3, 2026
Deadly cottonmouths aside, he doubted he could swim all the way across the pond in his exhaustion.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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