from stem to stern

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from stem to stern

1. Lit. from the front of a boat or ship to the back. He inspected the boat from stem to stern and decided he wanted to buy it.

2. Fig. from one end to another. Now, I have to clean the house from stem to stern. I polished my car carefully from stem to stern.

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Each carried a strange banner swung from stem to stern above the upper works, and upon the prow of each was painted some odd device that gleamed in the sunlight and showed plainly even at the distance at which we were from the vessels. A Princess of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context The second night after the drowning of the mate the little yacht was suddenly wracked from stem to stern. The Return of Tarzan by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context The electric light went out suddenly, and two enormous waterspouts broke over the bridge of the frigate, rushing like a torrent from stem to stern, overthrowing men, and breaking the lashings of the spars. 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea by Verne, Jules View in context			from day to day from door to door from far and near from giddy-up to whoa from git-go from hand to hand from head to toe from hell from hell to breakfast from here on from here till next Tuesday from hunger from Missouri from my perspective from of the top drawer from on high from one moment to the next from overseas from pillar to post from rags to riches from scratch from sea to shining sea from side to side from soup to nuts from start to finish from stem to stern from the bottom of heart from the corner of eye from the cradle to the grave from the ground up from the heart from the horse's mouth from the old school from the outset from the ridiculous to the sublime from the sublime to the ridiculous From the sublime to the ridiculous is only a step from the top from the word go from the year dot from there to here from this day on from time immemorial from time to time from tip to toe from top to bottom from top to toe from way back front front for front off			from pillar to post from pillar to post from pillar to post from pillar to post from pillar to post from rags to riches from rags to riches from rags to riches from rags to riches From Reality to Fiction A Farewell to Arms From Receipt of Order From Revolution to Reconstruction From Ritual to Romance From Roots to Fruits (Album) From Russia with Love from scratch from scratch from scratch from scratch From Sea to Shining Sea From Segregation to Civil Rights from side to side From Sound to Image From Sound to Image From Sound to Image From Sound to Image From Soup to Nuts from start to finish from start to finish from start to finish from stem to stern From Takers to Creators of Jobs From Teesside With Love from that cause from that time From the Article From the Beginning from the bottom of heart from the bottom of heart from the bottom of heart from the bottom of heart from the bottom of heart from the bottom of heart From the Bottom of My Broken Heart From the Bottom of My Heart From the Choirgirl Hotel from the corner of eye From the Cradle to the Grave From the Desk Of From The Dragon's Den From the Earth to the Moon From the Earth to the Moon from the face of the earth From The Farking Article from the first from the first from the first from the first From the Flames Productions From the Folate after Coronary Intervention Trial from the four corners of the earth

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