prep_phrase
Meaning 1
Entirely, completely, extremely, to the greatest degree.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, idiomatic, informal, postpositional
Examples
- He was stuffed to the tonsils with cream crackers.
- They sat there, robed up to the tonsils, and made me feel so below a juvenile delinquent.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: all the way, from soup to nuts, in excelsis, to the backbone, to the bone, to the brim, 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