every bit

every bit

1. All (of something); every part (of something). That chocolate cake was so delicious that I ate every bit of it. Every bit of dust needs to be cleaned off these tables before your mother gets here. When you sign a contract, you should review every bit, including the fine print.
2. Just as; equally. I'm every bit as talented as Greg, and he got the promotion—I can't believe it!
See also: bit, every
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

every bit

1. All of something, as in Eat every bit of that broccoli!
2. In all ways, equally. For example, He is every bit as smart as his sister. Also see every little bit helps.
See also: bit, every
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

every bit

Informal
In all ways; equally: He is every bit as mean as she is.
See also: bit, every
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
See also:
  • every bit as (something)
  • every bit as good, bad, etc.
  • do (one's) bit
  • do bit
  • do one's bit
  • do your bit
  • bit by bit
  • take a breath
  • in dribs and drabs
  • bit off
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Pictured here looking every bit the style diva, we simply had to pay homage to this blonde bombshell, who lit up the big screen and looked sensational in silver.
But we won't be surprised when the Indigo Girls' next effort is every bit as good as this.
This homage/retrospective was organized by the artist's daughter, art historian Hannah Higgins, and Fluxus scholar Simon Anderson, and as an exhibition it seemed every bit as uninterested in categories as the artist himself was.
Attributing it to Maimonides is every bit as controversial as ascribing to Thomas Jefferson a belief in the existence of certain inalienable rights.
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Her latest incarnation, God Is A DJ, has a dancey vibe mixed together with a rocky edge and is every bit as infectious as former single Trouble.
The sequel, starring Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones, is every bit as good as the original for hi-tech laughs.
Unfortunately, the author has drained every bit of romance and inspiration from one of the most epic events of the 20th century.
For this reason, every bit of publicity about his sexuality carries great importance.
The human figures gracefully occupy an imaginary space every bit as phenomenal as the everyday world-a space in which plants, rain, shells, and animals share our very being as participants in a collective experience of life.
But every bit of data whets the appetite because Nereid is among a number of eccentric satellites inhabiting the outer solar system, and Veverka says they may provide the only clues to what kinds of bodies glommed together to form Neptune and Uranus billions of years ago.
Kramer is masterful at choosing perfect, utterly convincing voices, delivering a performance that captures, with impeccable timing, every bit of the zany humor.
Guy Aoki, who otherwise plows his field with rigor and righteousness and whose crusade is obviously every bit as legitimate as ours, got a run for his money a few days later when the old theatrical curmudgeon and legendary literary gay basher John Simon weighed in with one of his occasional pronouncements on the arts.
These drawings are sketches of a world as germane as it is cloistered, one that's every bit as preternatural as de Chirico's or Duchamp's.
They wed in May - and Stella now looks every bit the model mum and wife.