to the limit
idiom
: to the greatest possible point : as much as possible
Our resources have been stretched to the limit.
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Deliberate pushing of international legal boundaries to the limit of outright conflict.
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Mike Coté, National Review, 30 June 2024
Listen to this article The UConn baseball team pushed Florida State to the limit, challenged one of the best pitchers and some of the best hitters in the country and nearly came out of it to fight another day.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 8 June 2024
The film’s writer-director Yorgos Lanthimos, a connoisseur of Biblical violence and creator of cursed demimondes, likes to push viewers to the limit.
—Thomas Page, CNN, 21 June 2024
But right now, their resourcefulness is being stretched to the limit.
—Ismail Auwal Taiwo Aina, New York Times, 11 June 2024
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Mike Coté, National Review, 30 June 2024
Listen to this article The UConn baseball team pushed Florida State to the limit, challenged one of the best pitchers and some of the best hitters in the country and nearly came out of it to fight another day.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 8 June 2024
The film’s writer-director Yorgos Lanthimos, a connoisseur of Biblical violence and creator of cursed demimondes, likes to push viewers to the limit.
—Thomas Page, CNN, 21 June 2024
But right now, their resourcefulness is being stretched to the limit.
—Ismail Auwal Taiwo Aina, New York Times, 11 June 2024
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“To the limit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20the%20limit. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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