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from soup to nuts

from soup to nuts prepositional phrase: from the first course of a meal to the last.

Prepositional phrase

(US)

  1. (US, literally) From the first course of a meal to the last.
  2. (US, figuratively, informal) From start to finish, from beginning to end; throughout.
    • We went through the whole agenda, from soup to nuts.
    • [That cat] is a broken reed to lean on in the matter of catching mice. My own acquaintance with him is a longstanding one, and I have come to know his psychology from soup to nuts. He hasn't caught a mouse since he was a slip of a kitten. Except when eating, he does nothing but sleep.1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter VII

from soup to nuts meaning in Bengali

from soup to nuts in Bengali

শুরু থেকে শেষ পর্যন্ত, আদ্যোপান্ত

Synonyms of from soup to nuts

Forms of from soup to nuts

alternative formsoup to nuts

Origin of from soup to nuts

From the order of courses in a formal full-course dinner, which typically begins with soup and ends with a dessert such as nuts.

Questions about from soup to nuts

What does from soup to nuts mean?
From soup to nuts means from the first course of a meal to the last.
What is from soup to nuts in Bengali?
From soup to nuts in Bengali is শুরু থেকে শেষ পর্যন্ত, আদ্যোপান্ত. See From soup to nuts meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is from soup to nuts?
From soup to nuts is a prepositional phrase.

Words near from soup to nuts in the dictionary

  1. from scratch
  2. from sea to shining sea
  3. from side to side
  4. from soda to hock
  5. from someone's mouth to God's ears
  6. from soup to nuts
  7. from start to finish
  8. from stem to stern
  9. from that time on
  10. from the bottom of one's heart
  11. from the cradle to the grave

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Adapted from Wiktionary: from soup to nuts (page history and authors); from soup to nuts (Bengali Wiktionary) (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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