coast to coast

English

Adverb

coast to coast (not comparable)

  1. All the way across an island, continent, or country with two opposite coasts.
    • 1984, Sade Adu, Ray St. John (lyrics and music), “Smooth Operator”, in Diamond Life, performed by Sade:
      Coast-to-coast, L.A. to Chicago: Western male / Across the North and South, to Key Largo: love for sale
    • 2021 January 13, David Clough, “Trans-Pennine transport transformers”, in RAIL, issue 922, page 60:
      On weekdays, five trains ran coast to coast (up from three) with a further four between Leeds and Liverpool and one from Leeds to Manchester.

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