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every inch a

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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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Larger than the current Jazz, it will be of virtually Renault Modus proportions and will be every inch a family model.
While bigger men broke down in tears, Neville was every inch the sporting loser, every inch a real man, every inch a hero.
He looked every inch the manager - in charge of a team that's beginning to look every inch a force to be reckoned with in the local game.
 
 
 
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