from the ground up

Idioms  

1. From the very beginning; also, completely, thoroughly. For example, We've had to learn a new system from the ground up, or The company changed all of the forms from the ground up. This expression alludes to the construction of a house, which begins with the foundation.

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from the ground up

Instead of searching nature for a substance with the needed properties, the LSU team chose to engineer one from the ground up.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026

Keaton spent a staggering eight years building the home, which effectively saw her rebuilding it from the ground up, a process that she documented in her 2017 book.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026

Anissa built this beat from the ground up at The Information, where she broke exclusive news on Nvidia, OpenAI, and Oracle that reshaped how the industry understood the AI boom.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

You recorded your latest album, “Brightside,” here at Rebel Lion Studio, which you designed and built from the ground up.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026

Everyone agreed that it would be a fitting, middle-of-America backdrop for what we hoped would be a different kind of campaign—one led from the ground up, largely by people new to the political process.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama