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head to toe

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Etymology

From Middle English (fram) heved to þe ton.

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head to toe (not comparable)

  1. (idiomatic) Entirely; completely; over one's full body.
    He fell in a puddle and ended up covered head to toe in mud.
  2. In reversed positions; in a lying position of two people where each person's feet are juxtaposed with the other person's head.
    • 1995, Tom Gammill, Max Pross, “The Wink”, in Seinfeld, season 7, episode 4:
      -we reversed positions so there was no funny business.
      - Reversed positions?
      - Yeah, you know, head to toe.

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