up to the hilt
Example Sentences
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Clarke now warns that too many people are having to "mortgage themselves up to the hilt" for homes on new estates that are not always well built and with poor access to local services.
From BBC • Sep. 26, 2025
“People have borrowed up to the hilt and spent money in order to get COVID-secure,” said Kate Nicholls of pub and restaurant industry group Hospitality U.K.
From Washington Times • Oct. 31, 2020
That’s her personality as a performer, and she plays it up to the hilt.
From Washington Post • Jan. 10, 2018
There are a lot of long-running shows, like Casualty or Holby or whatever, and you look at some of the actresses and they seem Botoxed up to the hilt.
From The Guardian • Jul. 26, 2011
They lived their own lives up to the hilt but that wasn’t enough.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
