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Definition of All the way

1. Adverb. To the goal. "She climbed the mountain all the way"

2. Adverb. Completely. "There were open fields clear to the horizon"

3. Adverb. Not stopping short of sexual intercourse. "She went all the way with him"

Definition of All the way

1. Adverb. To the end ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of All The Way

all systems go all talk and no action all talk and no cider all that all that and a bag of chips all that glitters is not gold all that jazz all the best all the less all the marbles

all the more all the rage all the same all the tea in China all the time all the way (current term) all the way to Egery and back all the while all the world's a stage all there

all things being equal all things come to those who wait all things considered all thumbs all to all to smash all together all told all too all up with

Literary usage of All the way

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1844)
"... who use it as supplement to previous books. But the many new facts contained in it are well worth the annoyance. —GARDNER P. JENCKS ENGLAND all the way. ..."

2. In His Steps: "What Would Jesus Do?" by Charles Monroe Sheldon (1897)
"... and saw in his dream n. church of Jesus "without spot or wrinkle or any such thing", following Him all the way, walking obediently in His Steps. ..."

3. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1861)
"... "enlisted for the war," and with his company, just organized at Newburgh, ho should proceed to "Washington as a regular, if lie had to walk all the way. ..."

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