from head to toe
All over oneself
From head to toe means completely, covering the entire body or affecting every part of something.
The phrase emphasizes thoroughness or totality: She was dressed in black from head to toe, He was covered in mud from head to toe.
It can extend beyond physical description to suggest comprehensive examination or transformation: The doctor checked him from head to toe.
- top to bottomCovering the whole extent
- cap-a-pieHead to foot
- stem to sternNautical term for completely
- clothingBody coverings worn daily
- apparelClothing collectively
tip to toe · garment · every inch · soup to nuts · the whole nine yards · wholly · exhaustively · attire · ensemble · thoroughly · comprehensively · uniform · full body · covered up · all over · dressed to the nines · costume · all-encompassing
- completenesscomplete, completely, entire, totally, total
from head to toepartially
To an incomplete extent
in part · incompletely · here and there · piecemeal · not entirely
from head to toesuperficially
At surface level only
half-heartedly · cursorily · perfunctorily · incompletely · sketchily
head, heads, headed, heading, headless, header, headfirst, overhead, behead