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six ways from Sunday

six ways from Sunday is the alternative form of six ways to Sunday.

Meaning of six ways to Sunday

Adverb

six ways to Sunday (not comparable)

  1. (colloquial, idiomatic) Thoroughly, completely, in every way imaginable.
    • He will fry me six ways to Sunday for sending daughters and young mothers off to war—and, quite possibly, for bringing them back in body bags.1997, David Twohy, Danielle Alexandra, G.I. Jane

Questions about six ways from Sunday

What is six ways from Sunday the alternative form of?
Six ways from Sunday is the alternative form of six ways to Sunday.

Words near six ways from Sunday in the dictionary

  1. six senses
  2. Six Sigma
  3. six thousand
  4. six to one, half dozen to another
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  7. six ways till Sunday
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  9. Six's thermometer
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  11. six-ace flat

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