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Meaning of to the backbone | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

Through and through; thoroughly; entirely.

idiomatic

Examples

“staunch to the backbone”
“Sir Culling was an extreme Low Churchman, an Exeter Hallite to the backbone, and the head and front of the Platitudinarian Party.”
“In temperament he was Dutch to the backbone — at least as we imagine⟳ Dutch.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

to the bone to the brim to the contrary to the core to the day to the death

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