learn something from the bottom up

learn something from the bottom up
learn something from the bottom up
Fig. to learn something thoroughly, from the very basics; to learn all aspects of something, even the least important ones. •

I learned my business from the bottom up.

I started out sweeping the floors and learned everything from the bottom up.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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