to the point

The newly appointed Border Security Commander, Martin Hewitt, has told us: “We will keep chipping away and undermining their business to the point where that is no longer viable and profitable.”

"We will keep chipping away and undermining their business to the point where that is no longer viable and no longer profitable," he told the BBC.

One family told the BBC that the housing shortage - affecting availability and affordability - has pushed them to the point of "giving up".

About 200,000 of his soldiers have been killed and another 400,000 wounded; his military has been depleted to the point of relying on Iran for drones and on North Korea for artillery shells; his economy is in a tailspin; his country is isolated.

It felt as though everything was repeated to the point that paying attention in class was worthless.