from top to bottom

Meaning

1. going to every part of a place in a very thorough way

   We cleaned the house from top to bottom.

In the movies · 5

• Well, we'd like to show you Yonkers from top to bottom.Hello, Dolly!1969
• And so would l.Braveheart1995
• Sir, I've had my officers search this train from top to bottom.Enola Holmes2020
• But from top to bottom, this country has got no sense of itself.Braveheart1995
• Man, I hope you scrub from top to bottom, 'cause who knows what was in that heart rate.Anyone But You2023
• You don't go for any gal unless she fits that stupid list of yours from top to bottom.Tremors1990
• Reading from top to bottom, LisaRear Window1954
• I'm in charge of discipline, conduct and truancy from top to bottom, K through 12.The Pacifier2005

Learn it in full scenes

• Enola Holmes2020
  • Enola Confronts Her Brothers
  • Enola Decodes Her Mother's Message
  • Enola Hides on the Train
• Rear Window1954
  • Jeff Argues with His Editor
  • Stella Warns Jeff, Then Talks Marriage
  • Lisa Brings Dinner to Jeff

From the same entry

• at the top of the tree
• at the top of your voice
• come out on top
• from top to toe
• get on top of
• get on top of
• off the top of your head
• on top
• on top of
• on top of the world
• over the top
• take from the top

More idioms

• have a way with
• put in a word for
• take breath away
• with your eyes shut
• at best
• in short
• keep your distance
• see fit
• as it happens
• a matter of life and death
• it's a free country
• come and go