Idiom
every inch
Meaning
Totally, completely.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“She looks every inch the professional in that suit.”
“After years of training, he proved he was every inch the athlete his coach expected him to be.”
“The old mansion, with its grand staircase and marble floors, remained every inch the majestic estate it had been a century ago.”
Examples
simple
“She looks every inch the professional in that suit.”
contextual
“After years of training, he proved he was every inch the athlete his coach expected him to be.”
complex
“The old mansion, with its grand staircase and marble floors, remained every inch the majestic estate it had been a century ago.”
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