Phrase guide

to the hilt

prep_phrase · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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prep_phrase

Meaning 1

Completely, fully, to one's limit.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: to the brim, all the way, from soup to nuts, in excelsis, to the backbone, to the bone, to the core, to the fullest, to the full, to the gills, to the gunnels, to the hilt, to the marrow, to the max, to the nines, to the nth degree, to the tonsils, to the top of one's bent, top to bottom, up to eleven

Antonyms: none provided

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adverb

Meaning 2

in full

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • you are in this to the hilt

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: to the limit

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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