| 单词 | right the way |
| 释义 | > as lemmasright the way P6. right the way: all the way through (also down, round, etc.). See sense 2a.Not in North American use. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > completely [phrase] > thoroughly > from beginning to end or through and through to the boneOE through and throughc1225 out and outc1300 from top to tail1303 out and inc1390 (from) head to heel (also heels)c1400 (from) head to foot (also feet)c1425 from top to (into, unto) toec1425 to the skin1526 to one's (also the) finger (also fingers') ends1530 from first to last1536 up and down1542 whole out1562 to the pith1587 to the back1594 from A to (also until) Z1612 from clew to earing1627 from top to bottom1666 back and edge1673 all hollow1762 (all) to pieces1788 from A to Za1821 to one's (also the) fingertips1825 to one's fingernails1851 from tip to toe1853 down to the ground1859 to the backbone1864 right the way1867 pur sang1893 from the ground up1895 in and out1895 from soda (card) to hock1902 1867 J. Greenwood Humphrey Dyot III. xvi. 278 Let us begin at the very beginning of this confounded place, and search every hole, one after the other, right the way through. 1903 Times 22 Jan. 10/5 A labourer..spoke to having dug over the garden..by instructions of the prisoner, who told him to ‘dig it right the way through and clear all the rubbish away’. 1932 A. Bell Cherry Tree x. 137 They went straight as a crow flies from here right the way to Ribland Marsh. 1960 Listener 7 Jan. 6/1 Oh yes, I supported Ernest Bevin's foreign policy right the way through. 1983 Financial Times 19 Mar. 5/3 Gross margins have come out a lot better than had been expected, with a beneficial impact right the way down the line. 2005 Woodworker May 32/3 The undercut lip is a little more tricky but the short bevel on the gouge allows you to work nearly right the way round the lip. < as lemmas |
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