Meanings
- informalSynonym of from A to Z: from the beginning to the end; covering everything comprehensively.
I read my entire children's encyclopedia, drilling from aardvark to zymurgy. I never made an error at shortstop.
1996, Chang-Rae Lee, Native Speaker, Penguin, →ISBN2 more examples
What a glorious prospect—to be alone on an island, with an opportunity to sit back against a banana tree, and read all the way from aardvark to zymurgy!
1952, John David Marshall, editor, Books, Libraries, Librarians: Contributions to Library Literature, Shoe String Press, page 86Researchers expect and anticipate that their work will be scrutinized by other scientists and whatever the object of study, from Aardvark to Zymurgy, it is certain to be researched by a plethora of investigators from Stockholm to Shanghai to San Francisco[.]
2002, Melvin A. Benarde, You've Been Had!Synonyms: from A to Z
Synonyms & antonyms
prepositional phraseSynonym of from A to Z: from the beginning to the end; covering everything comprehensively.
Origin
In reference to the first and last major words in many English dictionaries.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
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