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(from) top to bottom (from) top to bottomIn or throughout every part; from the topmost to the bottommost point. Look at you, you're filthy! Go get into the bathtub and wash top to bottom! The entire organization needs to be restructured from top to bottom.See also: bottom, topfrom top to bottomFig. from the highest point to the lowest point; throughout. I have to clean the house from top to bottom today. We need to replace our elected officials from top to bottom.See also: bottom, topfrom top to bottom COMMON If you do something from top to bottom, you do it completely and thoroughly and to every part of something. She scrubbed the house from top to bottom. She searched the apartment from top to bottom for the missing letters. Note: You can also use top to bottom before a noun. He called for a top to bottom review of existing regulations.See also: bottom, topfrom top to bottom completely; thoroughly.See also: bottom, topfrom ˌtop to ˈbottom completely and thoroughly: We searched the house from top to bottom.See also: bottom, top |