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Princeton's WordNet

  1. through, through and throughadverb

    throughout the entire extent

    "got soaked through in the rain"; "I'm frozen through"; "a letter shot through with the writer's personality"; "knew him through and through"; "boards rotten through and through"

Wiktionary

  1. through and throughnoun

    A bullet wound in which the bullet passes through the body.

  2. through and throughadverb

    Completely; entirely; fundamentally.

Wikipedia

  1. Through and through

    Through and through describes a situation where an object, real or imaginary, passes completely through another object, also real or imaginary. The phrase has several common uses:

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  1. through and through

    "Through and through" is a phrase often used to emphasize that someone or something possesses a quality, characteristic, or condition to the fullest extent. It's a way of saying completely, thoroughly, totally, or in every part or aspect. For instance, saying someone is a "musician through and through" means that person deeply embodies the qualities of a musician in all respects.

Wikidata

  1. Through and through

    Through and through describes a situation where an object, real or imaginary, passes completely through another object, also real or imaginary. The phrase has several common uses:

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of through and through in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of through and through in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of through and through in a Sentence

  1. Todd McCarthy:

    Unfortunately,' Mockingjay - Part 1' has all the personality of an industrial film, there's not a drop of insolence, insubordination or insurrection running through its veins ; it feels like a manufactured product through and through, ironic and sad given its revolutionary theme.

  2. Kate Andersen:

    ( Selling her hat) lends credence to the notion that the Trumps were always shameless about making money and that Donald Trump keeps proving that Donald Trump is Donald Trump through and through.

  3. Alfred North Whitehead:

    Through and through the world is infested with quantity. To talk sense is to talk quantities, It is no use saying the nation is large- how large? It is no use s aying that radium is scarce- how scarce? You can not evade quantity. You may fly to poetry and music and quantity and number will face you in your rhythms and your octaves.

  4. Muhammadu Buhari:

    It's a question of security. Whether I was a former military officer or a politician through and through, when there is insecurity of this scale in the country, that takes the priority.

  5. Marchioness Townsend:

    Never tell a man you can read him through and through; most people prefer to be thought enigmas.


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