head-to-foot

Encompassing one's entire body; top to bottom. Typically refers to how one is dressed and groomed. Oh boy, this ragamuffin will need a head-to-foot makeover before the big gala. A: "Are you getting your hair done?" B: "Of course. For a gala event like this, you have to look head-to-foot glamorous." Ed must have had a head-to-foot makeover because I hardly recognized him!

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The tiny beds are attached to oscillators that generate a head-to-foot rocking motion of about 2 millimeters, so slight it can barely be seen.

Different strokes; the touch of a hand and sway of a bed can have far-reaching effects on premature babies encased in incubators

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