Phrase guide

from cover to cover

prep_phrase · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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prep_phrase

Meaning 1

From the first page (of a book) all the way to the last page.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic

Examples

  • She read Gone With the Wind from cover to cover in less than six hours.

Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Dutch: van kaft tot kaft — from the first page to the last page
  • Dutch: van voor tot achter — from the first page to the last page
  • Esperanto: tralegi — from the first page to the last page
  • Esperanto: trae — from the first page to the last page
  • German: von Anfang bis Ende — from the first page to the last page
  • Hungarian: elejétől a végéig — from the first page to the last page
  • Icelandic: spjaldanna á milli — from the first page to the last page
  • Italian: da cima a fondo — from the first page to the last page
  • Korean: 완독(完讀)하다 (wandokhada) — from the first page to the last page
  • Polish: od dechy do dechy — from the first page to the last page
  • Polish: od deski do deski — from the first page to the last page
  • Portuguese: de cabo a rabo — from the first page to the last page
  • Russian: от корки до корки (ot korki do korki) — from the first page to the last page
  • Serbo-Croatian: od korica do korica — from the first page to the last page
  • Swedish: från pärm till pärm — from the first page to the last page
  • Turkish: baştan sona — from the first page to the last page