from top to bottom
Whole vertical span
From top to bottom means completely or thoroughly, covering every part of something in sequence: We searched the house from top to bottom.
The phrase suggests methodical examination or transformation, moving through all levels: The company was reorganized from top to bottom.
It can describe physical extent or comprehensive scope.
- descendingMoving downward
- downwardToward a lower position
- top downFrom highest to lowest
- cascadingFalling in stages
- plungingDescending steeply and quickly
head to toe · tiered · hierarchy · stem to stern · exhaustive · stratification · thoroughgoing · comprehensive · soup to nuts · root and branch · echelon · layered · falling · verticality · gradient · dropping · levels · sinking
from top to bottomupward
Toward a higher position
bottom-up · ascending · from the ground up · upwards · from below
from top to bottompartially
To an incomplete extent
incompletely · superficially · in part · cursorily · selectively
from top to bottombottom-up
Starting from fundamentals
from the ground up · grassroots · democratically · from below · decentralized
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