body and soul
idiom
: with all of your energy and enthusiasm
He devoted himself body and soul to the cause.
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Queen of Faces is a story about identity, about transformation of both the body and soul.
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Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 14 Apr. 2025
Emma Corrin, Jack Lowden and Olivia Colman have bewitched the Netflix casting directors, body and soul.
—Rebecca Luther, TVLine, 10 Apr. 2025
After her mother died, Cruz fell apart, body and soul.
—Kat McGowan, NPR, 1 Apr. 2025
From ‘Big Sky Country’ to ‘Land of the Shining Mountains’ to ‘The Last Best Place’ that access to land and wildlife feeds mind, body and soul.
—Alissa Fitzgerald, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
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Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 14 Apr. 2025
Emma Corrin, Jack Lowden and Olivia Colman have bewitched the Netflix casting directors, body and soul.
—Rebecca Luther, TVLine, 10 Apr. 2025
After her mother died, Cruz fell apart, body and soul.
—Kat McGowan, NPR, 1 Apr. 2025
From ‘Big Sky Country’ to ‘Land of the Shining Mountains’ to ‘The Last Best Place’ that access to land and wildlife feeds mind, body and soul.
—Alissa Fitzgerald, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
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“Body and soul.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/body%20and%20soul. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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