end to end
Idioms-
In a row with the ends touching. For example, The logs were laid end to end . [Mid-1800s]
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from end to end . Throughout the length of something, as in We hiked the Appalachian Trail from end to end . [First half of 1600s]
Example Sentences
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Washington's journey lasted about five hours on the ferry service that takes up to 50 hours from end to end.
From Barron's ● May 18, 2026
To enable AI to scale across the enterprise, processes need to be redesigned end to end, according to Krishna.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 2026
My friend Joseph Lee has his painting studio on the second floor of a strip mall plaza, his half-squeezed tubes of paint line the walls from end to end.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2026
Authorities say seven areas have so far been evacuated: Synterina, Dimolaki, Maliasteka, Agiasma, Charvalo, Drosia and the settlement of Ari, which has been severely affected, with the fire sweeping through from end to end.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2025
From there on Harkness, he could see the county end to end.
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
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