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to the nines

To perfection; fully, whollyTo perfection; fully, wholly.

Meaning

1 senses

To perfection; fully, wholly.

Origin

From Scots, perhaps a rebracketing of to then eyne (“to the eyes”) or to thyn eyne (“(up)

From Scots, perhaps a rebracketing of to then eyne (“to the eyes”) or to thyn eyne (“(up) to your eyes”).

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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 gills to the gunnels to the hilt to the marrow to the max to the nth degree

See also

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