run the gamut

run the gamut
run the gamut
to cover a wide range [from one thing to another]. •

She wants to buy the house, but her requests run the gamut from expensive new carpeting to completely new landscaping.

His hobbies run the gamut from piano repair to portrait painting.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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