run the gamut
To encompass the full range or variety possible.
His tastes in music run the gamut from classical to heavy metal.
gamut
/ˈɡæm.ət/
noun 3
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3(noun.)
ADJ
complete, entire, full, whole
VERB + GAMUT
cover, run (through)
PREP
~ of
The restaurant offers a wide gamut of Asian cuisines from different countries.
Definitions
noun
1
A (normally) complete range.
I must begin with rudiments of Art / To teach you gamoth in a briefer sort, - - Bian. Why, I am past my gamouth long agoe.
The entire gamut of the view's changes should have been known to her; its winter aspect, spring, summer and autumn; how storms came up from the sea; how the moors shuddered and brightened as the clouds went over; she should have noted the red spot where the villas were building; and the criss-cross of lines where the allotments were cut...
2
All the notes in a musical scale.
3
All the colours that can be presented by a device such as a monitor or printer.
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I must begin with rudiments of Art / To teach you gamoth in a briefer sort, - - Bian. Why, I am past my gamouth long agoe.
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The entire gamut of the view's changes should have been known to her; its winter aspect, spring, summer and autumn; how storms came up from the sea; how the moors shuddered and brightened as the cloud
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1933?, Dorothy Parker, review of Katharine Hepburn in the Broadway play The Lake She delivered a striking performance that ran the gamut of emotions, from A to B.
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Here's an example of a semantic gamut: non-existent, unique, rare, uncommon, common, trite, worn-out, universal.
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Tom experienced the whole gamut of emotions from sheer joy to utter despair during his relationship with Mary.
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The maple leaves’ gamut of lovely colours was a clear sign that autumn had come.
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