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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:

1. in fullplay

  Familiarity information: TO THE LIMIT used as an adverb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TO THE LIMIT (adverb)


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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