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1. Used with a repeated word to show that something keeps on.
Without ending.
* /The world grows wiser from age to age./
* /He goes from day to day without changing his necktie./ - Also used in a short form like an adjective.
* /The superintendent spends more
time on plans for the future, and the principal handles the day-to-day problems of the school./
2. Used with a repeated word to show that something happens again and again.
* /She sells face cream from door to door./
* /The artist goes from place to place painting pictures./ - Also used in a short form like an adjective.
* /Mr. Roberts began as a door-to-door salesman, and now is president of the company./
3. Used
with words showing
opposite or extreme limits, often to emphasize that something is very large or
complete.
* /The eagle's wings measured six feet from tip to tip./
* /Sarah read the book from cover to cover./
* /Mrs. Miller's dinner included everything from soup to nuts./
* /That
book is a bestseller from Maine to California./
* /The captain looked the
boy over from head to foot./
* /The dog sniffed the yard from end to end in search of a bone./
* /This new car has been redesigned from top to bottom./
* /That
bookstore has books on everything from archery to zoology./
* /The
television show was broadcast from coast to coast./
* /He knows mathematics from A to Z./ - Sometimes used in a short form
like an
adjective.
* /The airplane made a non-stop coast-to-coast flight./
