from start to finish
Beginning to end
From start to finish means throughout the entire duration of something, from beginning to end without interruption or omission: She was involved in the project from start to finish.
The phrase emphasizes completeness or thoroughness—witnessing, participating in, or enduring the whole of something: I watched the game from start to finish.
- uninterruptedContinuing without a stop
- procedurePrescribed sequence of actions
- beginningInitial stage of something
- endFinal portion or cessation
- beginning to endThe complete duration
conclusion · full circle · seamless · lifecycle · culmination · A-to-Z · soup to nuts · the whole nine yards · cover to cover · wire to wire · operation · consistent · unbroken · finalization · wrap-up · closure · throughline · chronology
- completenesscomplete, completely, entire, totally, total
- gradual phrasesbit by bit, little by little, step by step, one by one, piece by piece
from start to finishpartially
To an incomplete extent
incompletely · in part · halfway · piecemeal · here and there
from start to finishoff and on
Intermittent in occurrence
intermittently · on and off · in fits and starts · sporadically · discontinuously
from start to finishin reverse
Opposite order direction
backwards · out of order · all over the place · jumping around
start, finish, starts, started, starting, starter, starters, restart, restarted