Meaning of to the hilt | Babel Free

Definitions

Completely, fully, to one's limit.

Examples

“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.”

“This paradox—that a peaceful European settlement was taking shape even as the two Great Powers of the day were arming themselves to the hilt and preparing for the eventuality of a thermonuclear war—was not so bizarre as it might appear.”

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