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TO THE LIMIT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does to the limit mean?
• TO THE LIMIT (adverb)
The adverb TO THE LIMIT has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: TO THE LIMIT used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In full
Synonyms:
to the hilt; to the limit
Context example:
you are in this to the hilt
Context examples
Poor Maud, whom I could never prevent from working to the limit of her strength, lay weakly back in the stern-sheets.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
Maud and I worked from dawn till dark, to the limit of our strength, so that when night came we crawled stiffly to bed and slept the animal-like sleep of exhaustion.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
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