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from cradle to grave

from cradle to grave is the alternative form of from the cradle to the grave.

Meaning of from the cradle to the grave

Prepositional phrase

  1. (idiomatic) Spanning an entire lifetime; from birth to death.

Questions about from cradle to grave

What is from cradle to grave the alternative form of?
From cradle to grave is the alternative form of from the cradle to the grave.

Words near from cradle to grave in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: from cradle to grave (page history and authors); from the cradle to the grave (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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