cross (one's) t's and dot (one's) i's Idiom, Proverb
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Dot all the i's and cross all the t's
If you dot all the i's and cross all the t's, you do something very carefully and thoroughly.
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v. phr. To be careful, thorough, and pay close attention to detail.
"The best way to get an A on the final exam," the teacher said, "is for every one to dot the i's and cross the t's." Compare: MIND ONE'S P'S AND Q'S.
dot the i's and cross the t's
dot the i's and cross the t's Be meticulous and precise, fill in all the particulars, as in
Laura had dotted all the i's and crossed the t's, so she wondered what she'd done wrong. This expression presumably began as an admonition to schoolchildren to write carefully and is sometimes shortened. William Makepeace Thackeray had it in a magazine article (
Scribner's Magazine, 1849): “I have . . . dotted the i's.” [Mid-1800s]
cross (one's) t's and dot (one's) i's
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