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• soup-to-nuts
  soup-to-nuts

  adjective

  (of a meal) complete or impressive in number of courses.
• soup to nuts
  soup to nuts

  To include or cover everything, as in a full, multicourse meal: “The lecture on weather forecasting covered everything from soup to nuts.”

soup-to-nuts

American  

[soop-tuh-nuhts] / ˈsup təˈnʌts /

adjective

1. (of a meal) complete or impressive in number of courses.

2. Informal. complete; all-inclusive.

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soup to nuts Cultural  

1. To include or cover everything, as in a full, multicourse meal: “The lecture on weather forecasting covered everything from soup to nuts.”

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Etymology

Origin of soup-to-nuts

An Americanism dating back to 1935–40

Example Sentences

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The deal is the latest in a series of bets Google has made to develop a soup-to-nuts strategy for accessing vast amounts of power.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 3, 2026

It’s a historical drama where you learn a lot about Rustin, but it doesn’t do the sort of soup-to-nuts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2023

Her consulting fees start at $350, and soup-to-nuts planning packages begin at $14,500.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 17, 2023

Although wellness plans offer soup-to-nuts tools for personal financial progress, there are areas where they may come up short.

From New York Times ● Jul. 21, 2021

Tradition-bound Tokyo has long required pharmaceutical companies to do soup-to-nuts clinical trials locally, rather than incorporating studies and data done elsewhere.

From Washington Post ● May 4, 2021

One might say the menu at “The Bear” has gone from soup to nuts, because as season 5 commences, the staff is coming unhinged.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

The mountain was on fire “from soup to nuts, the whole thing. You couldn’t see anything else.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2025

I wanted to create an organization where women do it all, soup to nuts.

From Slate ● Nov. 7, 2023

The cases would be in the federal courts, where the smartest jurists operate, and he'd be handling them soup to nuts, appearing before judges and juries.

From Salon ● Dec. 21, 2022

He went right through the list from soup to nuts, until finally he reached remorse.

From The Girl on the Boat by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse