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through and through

Idioms  

  1. In every part or aspect, throughout. For example, I was wet through and through, or He was a success through and through. This idiom originally was used to indicate literally penetration, as by a sword. The figurative usage was first recorded in 1410.

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New Labour strategist Alistair Campbell described Lord Hattersley as "Labour through and through" and "a loyal and hard working deputy to Neil at a vital time in Labour history".

From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026

Dantzler is a Florida man through and through.

From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026

Today, he considers himself Chicano through and through.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2025

It will seem strange to see Rashford - the boy from Wythenshawe, United through and through - wearing another team's strip.

From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2025

Just the same man rotted through and through.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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