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root and branch

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root and branch (formal)
if something is changed or removed root and branch, it is changed or removed completely because it is bad. Racism must be eliminated, root and branch.
See also: branch, root
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I've given him up for my part - fairly disowned him - cast him off, root and branch.
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Bronte, Anne View in context
For the rest, so little do they conceal the reactionary character of their criticism that their chief accusation against the bourgeoisie amounts to this, that under the bourgeois regime a class is being developed, which is destined to cut up root and branch the old order of society.
The Communist Manifesto by Marx, Karl & Engles, Frederick View in context
But Joshua fell upon them and utterly destroyed them, root and branch.
The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
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