Meaning
From A to Z: thoroughly, completely, including everything; from the beginning to the end 1,2,3
Usage
“When I was in the hospital, my family and friends took care of everything from A to Z.”
“We need to go over the plan from A to Z before we begin.”
“I had a book that explained everything from A to Z but I still couldn’t fix my car.”
Origin
Used since at least the first half of the 1800’s.
The idiom alludes to the first and last letters of the Roman alphabet. 4
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- Fight Like Cats and Dogs
- From Your Lips to God’s Ears
- Fox Guarding the Henhouse
- Friends in High Places
- Flat Broke
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References- Jarvie, Gordon. Bloomsbury Dictionary of Idioms. London: Bloomsbury, 2009.
- Kirkpatrick, Elizabeth M. The Wordsworth Dictionary of Idioms. Ware: Wordsworth, 1995.
- Ammer, Christine. American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013.
- Ammer, Christine. American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013.