root and branch

They are to be found down to the lowest level, root and branch.

So they both have room for their roots and branches."

The tree needs enough room for its roots and branches to extend to full size.

But it seems to come down to making sharp distinctions between roots and branches.

We need a root and branch change of how society works to tackle inequality.

I have my own reasons to think they're guilty, root and branch, but no proof.

Huge steps, almost vertical, hanging on to roots and branches.

The whole Stone family was here, root and branch.

They would have to go, root and branch; he was not going to deal with any more of this insubordination.

"Is it an evil that must be fought against root and branch?

This root and branch reform of personal taxation has many attractions for those on the left.

We are screaming out for root and branch reform.

They are opposed to trade unions, root and branch.

Christians were the very root and branch of the peckish power structure.

"Weed them out, root and branch," he muttered to himself.

There was nothing black any more, not a trace, no coal-like roots and branches.

He wants to tear up settled understandings of the Constitution, root and branch.

She knew it would be impossible to tear it out, root and branch.

"What is needed now is comprehensive root and branch reform of the commission."

He calls the controversy over the book "an attempt to extirpate it root and branch."

A better solution is to prune roots and branches.

For a more thorough discussion, see Square root and Branch point.

It might also be a good time to hold a root and branch review of contractor's costings.

We need a root and branch reform now.

And the change involved isn't random, but root and branch.