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to the gills

Entirely or extremelyEntirely or extremely; to the greatest degree possible.

Meaning

1 senses

(idiomatic)Entirely or extremely; to the greatest degree possible.
He came in with a suitcase, packed to the gills with samples and demonstration products.

Synonyms

20 synonyms

all the way from soup to nuts in excelsis to the backbone to the bone to the brim to the core to the full to the gunnels to the hilt to the marrow to the max to the nines to the nth degree

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