from the ground up

Idioms and Phrases

From the very beginning; also, completely, thoroughly. For example, We've had to learn a new system from the ground up , or The company changed all of the forms from the ground up . This expression alludes to the construction of a house, which begins with the foundation.

Example Sentences

It’s the humans, though, that you’ll remember from the ground up: Adams’ camera-friendly energy and hard-won serenity; Keoghan’s cockeyed warmth, just this side of menacing; Rogowski’s strange, commanding woundedness.

From Los Angeles Times

But "it was very difficult to start again from the ground up," she says - and definitely a change of pace from The Receipts.

From BBC

Like you're building a world, you're building a house from the ground up with other people and it's amazing when you get to do that with a group of incredible women creators.

From Salon

The next pseudonymous presenter, who called himself the Lancaster Examiner, took a hyper-local focus on how NAR power gets built from the ground up.

From Salon

Rebuilding a team is never easy, but this is no ordinary rebuild facing the New England Patriots - as once the most dominant dynasty the NFL has ever seen is now having to be reconstructed from the ground up.

From BBC