from the ground up

from the ground up

English

Pronunciation

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Adverb

from the ground up (not comparable)

1. (idiomatic) From the beginning; starting with the basics, foundation, or fundamentals.
   • Maxwell Grant, The Pooltex Tangle

     A bright, ambitious kid just out of technical school, learning railroading from the ground up.

Synonyms

• from scratch

Translations

from the beginning

French: de zéro German: von Grund auf, von der Pike auf

Russian: с нуля (ru) (s nulja) Spanish: desde cero