Meaning

1 senses

  1. Completely, fully, to one's limit.

    You can't expect him to spare any more money, because he's borrowed up to the hilt from the bank for his new apartment.

Examples

2 sentences

  1. He's living his role to the hilt.

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  2. She shoved the knife in to the hilt.

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Synonyms

20 synonyms
to the brimall the wayfrom soup to nutsin excelsisto the backboneto the boneto the coreto the fullto the gillsto the gunnelsto the marrowto the maxto the ninesto the nth degree

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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