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English
Etymology
Borrowed from French de haut en bas (“from on high to low”).
Pronunciation
Adverb
de haut en bas (not comparable)
- With condescension; superciliously. Also used attributively.
2016 April, Stoddard Martin, Literary Review, page 19:Thomas initially took a de haut en bas attitude to Nazism, expecting it to be a flash in the pan.
Translations
References
- E. Cobham Brewer. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /də o.t‿ɑ̃ ba/, /də o.t‿ɑ̃ bɑ/
Adverb
de haut en bas
- downwards
- Antonym: de bas en haut
- from top to bottom, thoroughly
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