"to the gills" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Audio: En-au-to the gills.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} to the gills, {{en-PP}} to the gills
  1. (idiomatic) Entirely or extremely; to the greatest degree possible. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: to the full Derived forms: sloshed to the gills
    Sense id: en-to_the_gills-en-prep_phrase-tTUtSII5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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