"up to 11" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} up to 11, {{en-PP}} up to 11
  1. Alternative form of up to eleven Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: up to eleven Categories (topical): Eleven
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          "ref": "2010 May 22, Shane Hegarty, “Intimate details prove too close to the chat-show bone”, in The Irish Times, Dublin: Irish Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2016-04-22:",
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          "text": "All of our ring personas are elements of our real personalities, but turned up to 11.",
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          "ref": "2015 April 18, Helen Lewis, “If only the sci-fi writers who hijacked the Hugo awards had the wit to imagine a world beyond the Good Old Days”, in The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-09-10:",
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