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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Example Sentences

Inside the race to create a competitive American team from the ground up.

From The Wall Street Journal

But Cadillac is being built from the ground up.

From The Wall Street Journal

I found out later that it glowed because it had sucked phosphorus from the ground up into the wood and held the light from day all night.

From Literature

“Having built this category from the ground up it feels like extra pressure on us to keep it alive,” Bullock said.

From The Wall Street Journal

The build was completed as a full body-off-frame restoration — a process that separates the truck’s body from its chassis to rebuild each component from the ground up, with original components carefully sourced and preserved wherever possible.

From Los Angeles Times