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coast-to-coast
coast-to-coast (kōst′tə-kōst′)adj. Reaching, airing, or traveling from one coast to another, especially across a nation or continent: a coast-to-coast flight; coast-to-coast sports coverage on TV.coast′-to-coast′
adj. covering the area between the E and W coasts of the U.S.: a coast-to-coast broadcast. [1910–15] Translationscoast-to-coast
coast to coast1. From one side of the country to the other. Typically refers to the United States, which is bordered by oceans in the East and West. I've never seen the Pacific Ocean before, thanks to growing up in Boston, so I'm excited to travel coast to coast this summer.2. Throughout the entire country. Typically refers to the United States, which is bordered by oceans in the East and West. This is not an isolated issue—it's affecting people coast to coast.3. slang In basketball, a term used to describe an offensive play in which a player travels from one end of the court to the other to score a basket. Boy, he is quick! He went coast to coast past all five defenders.See also: coastcoast-to-coastfrom the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans (in the continental U.S.A.); all the land between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans (considered in either direction). My voice was once heard on a coast-to-coast radio broadcast. Our car made the coast-to-coast trip in eighty hours. |