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Meanings of through and through in English

Throughout the entire extent.

Usage of through and through in English
1
It shot through and through his whole body; and he saw flames.
Marietta: A Maid of Venice
2
But what curious eyes; I find her looking through and through me.
Great Possessions
3
The smoke of the domestic hearth has scented them through and through.
The House of the Seven Gables
4
By the time I got home, I was soaked through and through.
The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb
5
The hunters now dismounted, and commenced trampling the thicket through and through.
The Scalp Hunters
6
Marriage seems to change the very natures in 'em through and through.
The History of Mr. Polly
7
Every valley and precipice and abyss must be searched through and through.
In Search of the Castaways; Or, The Children of Captain Grant
8
They sought the palace through and through, but no one was there.
Historic Tales: The Romance of Reality. Vol. 09 (of 15), Scandin...
9
The delicate throbbing of the boy's pulse thrilled him through and through.
The Desired Woman
10
It was empty, and was lined through and through with solid oak.
The Strand Magazine: Vol. 07, Issue 37, January, 1894. / An Illu...
11
His eyes began to shine and he was thrilled through and through.
Everychild / A Story Which The Old May Interpret to the Young an...
12
Mary followed in silence, chilled through and through by this iron coldness.
The Old Homestead
13
A pirate without a ship, that's what she was, through and through.
A Darker Shade of Magic
14
But I know him through and through, auntie, and he feels it.
The Witch, and Other Stories
15
Because the Surface Pro is a Windows 8 PC through and through.
Wired
16
You will be wet through and through, and besides-itis really impossible.
The Northern Light