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1. Used with a repeated word to show that something keeps on. Without ending.
* /The world grows wiser from age to age./* /He goes from day to day without changing his necktie./
- Also used in a short form like an adjective.
* /The superintendent spends more time on plans for the future, and the principal handles the day-to-day problems of the school./
2. Used with a repeated word to show that something happens again and again.
* /She sells face cream from door to door./* /The artist goes from place to place painting pictures./
- Also used in a short form like an adjective.
* /Mr. Roberts began as a door-to-door salesman, and now is president of the company./
3. Used with words showing opposite or extreme limits, often to emphasize that something is very large or complete.
* /The eagle's wings measured six feet from tip to tip./* /Sarah read the book from cover to cover./* /Mrs. Miller's dinner included everything from soup to nuts./* /That book is a bestseller from Maine to California./* /The captain looked the boy over from head to foot./* /The dog sniffed the yard from end to end in search of a bone./* /This new car has been redesigned from top to bottom./* /That bookstore has books on everything from archery to zoology./* /The television show was broadcast from coast to coast./* /He knows mathematics from A to Z./
- Sometimes used in a short form like an adjective.
* /The airplane made a non-stop coast-to-coast flight./
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