front to back
Cover to cover
Front to back describes movement, arrangement, or coverage from the forward end to the rear end of something: Read the book front to back.
It can mean thoroughly or completely: She knows the manual front to back.
In certain contexts, particularly sexual or hygienic, it specifies direction of motion: Always wipe front to back.
- nose to tailUsing every edible part
- stem to sternNautical term for completely
- throughFrom start to finish
- lineContinuous mark or queue
- exhaustiveCovering all possibilities
spine · from cover to cover · start to finish · comprehensive · in its entirety · stepwise · progression · file · sequence · complete · alignment · rear · continuity · beginning · end · edge · track · detailed
- end-to-end phrasesend to end, nose to tail, bumper to bumper, stem to stern, beginning to end
- completenesscomplete, completely, entire, totally, total
- jump rope tricksdouble bounce, criss cross, scissors, toe tap, foot switch
front to backside to side
Horizontal back-and-forth motion
left to right · right to left · laterally · top to bottom · up and down
front, back, fronts, fronted, fronting, frontal, frontage, frontline, forefront