"to the max" meaning in All languages combined

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Prepositional phrase [English]

Audio: En-au-to the max.ogg
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  1. (informal, slang, postpositive, idiomatic) To a great degree or extent; very. Tags: idiomatic, informal, postpositional, slang
    Sense id: en-to_the_max-en-prep_phrase-KmvT6osD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 61 39 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 73 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 74 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 85 15 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 max, to the nines, to the nth degree, to the tonsils, to the top of one's bent, top to bottom, up to eleven
  2. (informal, slang, postpositive, idiomatic) To the maximum possible degree or extent. Tags: idiomatic, informal, postpositional, slang Related terms: full blast, one hundred percent Translations (to the maximum possible degree or extent): a palla (Italian), na maksa (Polish), a tope (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-to_the_max-en-prep_phrase-g2fVeCW7 Disambiguation of 'to the maximum possible degree or extent': 16 84
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