What does "but she felt it all the way down" mean?

Question

A paragraph from [*Redemption Road: A Novel*](https://books.google.com/books?id=0ynECwAAQBAJ&pg=PA54&lpg=PA54&dq=%22contact+was+swift,+but+she+felt+it+all+the+way+down,+a+large+man+using+his+size%22&source=bl&ots=0D05qAaYj0&sig=fcKyJJy4zKqqzHRHFWeGClQ5JdA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwit1tCxq5ffAhXaHzQIHRK0BNAQ6AEwAXoECAEQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22contact%20was%20swift%2C%20but%20she%20felt%20it%20all%20the%20way%20down%2C%20a%20large%20man%20using%20his%20size%22&f=false), by John Hart:>People filed out. The big patrolman waited until the end and brushed Elizabeth with a shoulder as he passed. The contact was swift, but she felt it all the way down, a large man using his size. She watched him go.What does "but she felt it all the way down" mean?

Answer 1

"But she felt it all the way down" is a cultural idiom which means that she processed the emotion deep inside her, as to her core. In this context, you would understand that the policeman's rub against her touched her inside, more than just a simple nudge, and it has negative connotations.

Lauri G.