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Expression: 'I'm Dumbledore's man, through and through'



 
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Expression: 'I'm Dumbledore's man, through and through' Fri Jul 21, 2006 20:07 pm  Expression: 'I'm Dumbledore's man, through and through'
 

I'm reading harry potter 6. I'm a native spanish speaker. can someone help me understand this expression: 'im Dumbledore's man, THROUGH AND THROUGH'.

i have a good idea, but i would like the real meaning
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To the backbone Fri Jul 21, 2006 21:03 pm  To the backbone
 

'Through and through' means 'completely', 'to the core', 'to the backbone' or, as we say in Spanish, 'to the marrow' (hasta la m?dula) Smile !
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