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from cover to cover

from cover to cover prepositional phrase: from the first page (of a book) all the way to the last page.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (idiomatic) 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.
    • 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

Forms of from cover to cover

alternative formcover to cover

Questions about from cover to cover

What does from cover to cover mean?
From cover to cover means from the first page (of a book) all the way to the last page.
What part of speech is from cover to cover?
From cover to cover is a prepositional phrase.

Words near from cover to cover in the dictionary

  1. from away
  2. from beginning to end
  3. from behind
  4. from can see to can't see
  5. from central casting
  6. from cover to cover
  7. from cradle to grave
  8. from day to day
  9. from father to son
  10. from first to last
  11. from generation to generation

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