To the last
To the end, especially to the end of one’s life. For example, The defenders held out to the last but the bombs finished them. [ c. 1600 ]
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to the ground
- To-the-lighthouse
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- To the mark
to the gills
- To the nines
to the mark to the nines To perfection, to the highest degree; see under dressed to kill
- To the nth degree
To the utmost, as in They’d decked out the house to the nth degree. This expression comes from mathematics, where to the nth means “to any required power” (n standing for any number). It was first recorded in 1852.