up to the rafters
Example Sentences
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Not five seconds later, he flung a ball up to the rafters and knocked it loose.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2023
The single easiest way to learn a college basketball program’s history is to look up — not statistics in a record book but up to the rafters.
From Washington Post • Mar. 8, 2023
Inside it, he was a masterful trash-talker and egomaniac who spoke in the third person, could raise his right eyebrow up to the rafters, and uncorked a catchphrase per minute.
From Slate • Aug. 11, 2019
Roosts for the birds slope up to the rafters of a barn.
From New York Times • Nov. 23, 2015
We climb all the way up to the rafters above the great hall and perch on heavy wooden beams.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
