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every inch (not comparable)
- (idiomatic) totally, completely
2011 January 22, Ian Hughes, “Arsenal 3 - 0 Wigan”, in BBC:Wigan looked every inch a side languishing in the relegation zone and there was never any indication they would arrest a run that had seen them lose all of their previous eight Premier League matches at Arsenal.
- The whole (of something).
He knows every inch of the road.
2021 June 30, Tim Dunn, “How we made... Secrets of the London Underground”, in RAIL, number 934, page 49:The latter two required a long track walk from Whitechapel (after services ended and power was switched off), alongside TfL staff who know every inch of this historic stretch of line.
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