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