Top-to-bottom

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A piece of graffiti covering the whole height of a railway carriage.

    "Many writers felt constricted painting below the windows of cars and began to expand their pieces upward into top-to-bottoms and lengthwise into end-to-ends."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Entire; thorough.

    "What this house needs is a top-to-bottom cleaning."

Synonyms

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soup-to-nuts

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"What this house needs is a top-to-bottom cleaning."

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