up to the rafters
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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
Tyler Toffoli looked up to the rafters in astonishment for some kind of explanation.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2017
Yes, that other flying superhero, Spider-Man, may be whizzing up to the rafters every night at the Foxwoods Theatre.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 21, 2013
It held nothing but a narrow bed surrounded by crates of books towering up to the rafters.
From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke
