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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

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

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

From Seattle Times • Apr. 17, 2023

After the Santa Monica museum closed in May 2015, former director Elsa Longhauser oversaw a soup-to-nuts transformation of the institution.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 12, 2022

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