every inch a

every inch a/the (something)

Fully and completely something; something in every detail. The designer will understand if you want to make more changes—he is every inch a professional. Wow, your costume is great! You look every inch the old Hollywood starlet. I'm not surprised she got a full scholarship to graduate school. After all, she has always been every inch the academic.

See also: every, inch

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every inch a something

 and every inch the something

completely; in every way. (Usually strengthening a following adjective.) Mary is every inch the schoolteacher. Her father is every inch a gentleman.

See also: every, inch

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