from cover to cover

prepositional phrase

From the first page (of a book) all the way to the last page.

“She read Gone With the Wind from cover to cover in less than six hours.”

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Meanings

prepositional phrase

alternative cover to cover

  1. idiomaticFrom the first page (of a book) all the way to the last page.

    She read Gone With the Wind from cover to cover in less than six hours.

    1 more example

    In short, every culturally literate person[…] must know who Oblomov is, if he or she intends to participate in the cultural discourse, but no one will ever be blackballed from that discourse for not recognising the name “Goncharov” or not having read his novel from cover to cover.

    1992 August 19, Gilbert Adair, “Culture rapping”, in The Guardian, London; Manchester, page 32

Translations

Dutch van kaft tot kaft, van voor tot achter
  • van kaft tot kaftfrom the first page to the last page
  • van voor tot achterfrom the first page to the last page
Esperanto tralegi, trae
  • tralegifrom the first page to the last page
  • traefrom the first page to the last page
German von Anfang bis Ende
  • von Anfang bis Endefrom the first page to the last page
Hungarian elejétől a végéig
  • elejétől a végéigfrom the first page to the last page
Icelandic spjaldanna á milli
  • spjaldanna á millifrom the first page to the last page
Italian da cima a fondo
  • da cima a fondofrom the first page to the last page
Korean 완독(完讀)하다
  • 완독(完讀)하다 (wandokhada)from the first page to the last page
Polish od dechy do dechy, od deski do deski
  • od dechy do dechyfrom the first page to the last page
  • od deski do deskifrom the first page to the last page
Portuguese de cabo a rabo
  • de cabo a rabofrom the first page to the last page
Russian от корки до корки
  • от корки до корки (ot korki do korki)from the first page to the last page
Swedish från pärm till pärm
  • från pärm till pärmfrom the first page to the last page
Turkish baştan sona
  • baştan sonafrom the first page to the last page
Cite this entry
APA

from cover to cover. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/from%20cover%20to%20cover

MLA

“from cover to cover.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/from%20cover%20to%20cover. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “from cover to cover,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/from%20cover%20to%20cover.

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