ran the gamut
Spanned all possibilities
Ran the gamut means covered the entire range or spectrum of something, from one extreme to the other.
A gamut was originally a musical scale spanning all notes; to run it is to go through every possibility: Her emotions ran the gamut from grief to rage.
The phrase often emphasizes surprising variety or contrast.
- variedDiffering in type
- full spectrumIncluding all variations
- extremesOutermost ends of range
- diverseOf many types
- spanDistance between endpoints
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