from the ground up

[from the ground up] {adv. phr.}

From the beginning; entirely; completely.

* /After the fire they had to rebuild their cabin from the ground up./

* /Sam knows about baseball from the ground up./

* /The new cars have been changed from the ground up./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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