Meaning of à outrance | Babel Free

Definitions

To the greatest extent, to the utmost.

not-comparable

Equivalents

Examples

“Here a crucial political decision was taken by unanimous vote: the armed revolt under preparation would not be one single blow aimed at drawing concessions from France, but an "unlimited revolution" à outrance to continue until full independence was achieved.”

“However, apart from Windham and Fitzwilliam (and also the King, whose views hardly counted any more), no one in Government had any relish left for an ideological war à outrance.”

“Two other young men, both tutors to her sons, also figured sentimentally in her diaries, though not à outrance.”

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