TO THE LIMIT

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does to the limit mean? 

• TO THE LIMIT (adverb)
  The adverb TO THE LIMIT has 1 sense:

1. in full

  Familiarity information: TO THE LIMIT used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TO THE LIMIT (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In full

Synonyms:

to the hilt; to the limit

Context example:

you are in this to the hilt

 Context examples 

Poor Maud, whom I could never prevent from working to the limit of her strength, lay weakly back in the stern-sheets.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Maud and I worked from dawn till dark, to the limit of our strength, so that when night came we crawled stiffly to bed and slept the animal-like sleep of exhaustion.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)