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All the way

adverb

To the goal. Synonym: the whole way.

Completely. Synonym: clear. "Slept clear through the night" , "There were open fields clear to the horizon"

Not stopping short of sexual intercourse.

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"All the way" Quotes from Famous Books

... multitude of boughs, which were covered with tough, slippery, marine leaves, like seaweed. Arriving at the crown, he found that it actually was a sort of head, for there were membranes like rudimentary eyes all the way around it, denoting some form ...

— A Voyage to Arcturus • David Lindsay

... said, giving the visitor her hand, and making her manner at once as cordial and as unemotional as possible. "It was too good of you to come all the way up here in this cold weather, just to ...

— The Puritans • Arlo Bates

... didn't want anything. He heard then a warm heavy sigh, softer, as she turned over and the loose brass quoits of the bedstead jingled. Must get those settled really. Pity. All the way from Gibraltar. Forgotten any little Spanish she knew. Wonder what her father gave for it. Old style. Ah yes! of course. Bought it at the governor's auction. Got a short knock. Hard as nails at a bargain, old Tweedy. Yes, sir. At Plevna that was. I rose from ...

— Ulysses • James Joyce

... "Hear that, Master George, and after me following faithful all the way to these here wild shores. Ah, master, I didn't think you'd ha' said—Hi! Keep ...

— Mass' George - A Boy's Adventures in the Old Savannah • George Manville Fenn

... and chattered with Polly all the way, and the long ride seemed all too short, for before she dreamed that they were near the old Atherton house, they turned in at the driveway, and Nora, who had seen them coming, stood smiling a welcome ...

— Princess Polly's Playmates • Amy Brooks

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