up to the hilt

Hamas’ leaders did recognize this—and played it up to the hilt.

The blade sank into the dead tree up to the hilt.

It resulted in Smith taking a lock knife from his "bum bag" and stabbing Mr Sarsero in the neck "up to the hilt", a move he claimed had been in self-defence.

Then she hurled herself at the whiteman and buried the knife up to the hilt in his arm.

“My parents have had three jabs and with everyone immunized up to the hilt, even if my mom decided to do a line of Omicron, she might be a bit ill but nothing overwhelming.”