(from) stem to stern

completely.

We overhauled the car from stem to stern.

Related vocabulary: from top to bottom

Etymology: based on the literal meaning of from the stem to the stern (= from the front end to the back end of a ship)

• open up
• open up a can of worms
• open up something
• open your eyes
• open your eyes to
• open your eyes to something
• open your heart
• open your mouth
• operative word
• order of the day
• or else
• other day
• other half
• other side of the coin
• other side of the tracks
• other than
• other things being equal
• out-and-out
• out in left field
• out in the middle of nowhere
• out in the open
• out like a light
• out loud
• out of a clear blue sky
• out of action