"to the bone" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Audio: En-au-to the bone.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} to the bone, {{en-PP}} to the bone
  1. (idiomatic) Completely, totally. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: to the full Derived forms: work one's fingers to the bone Translations (completely): fino all'osso (Italian), fino al midollo (Italian)
    Sense id: en-to_the_bone-en-prep_phrase-XECBYoxO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Alternative forms

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