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Definition of To the hilt
1. Adverb. In full. "You are in this to the hilt"
Definition of To the hilt
1. Adverb. (idiomatic) completely, fully, to one's limit ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of To The Hilt
Literary usage of To the hilt
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1861)
"Do nothing by halves ; Home to the hilt with the bay'net, Zouaves ! glancing, Do
nothing by halves ; Home to the hilt ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"A narrow, rapier-shaped variety, tapering from hilt to point, was made without
a handle- plate, and- attached to the hilt by rivets like the bronze daggers ..."
3. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1882)
"The good sword I have girded to my side: The blade shall be all ruddy to the hilt
The miscreant pagans in an evil hour Have gathered here: they are ..."
4. Stevenson's Germany: The Case Against Germany in the Pacific by Charles Brunsdon Fletcher (1920)
"... CHAPTER I AFRICA AND THE PACIFIC The Germany of and. Stevenson's knowledge.
President Wilson's Fourteen Points. Africa's case proved up to the hilt. ..."
5. The Arts in Early England by Gerard Baldwin Brown (1915)
"are quite hollow and obviously mere decorative finishes to the hilt. To the left
is a golden ornament that originated in the ring and attachment of a hilt ..."
6. From the Tow-path to the White House: The Early Life and Public Career of by James Sanks Brisbin (1880)
"WAR TO THE KNIFE, AND KNIFE to the hilt. JT was readily seen by this time that
the fight was to be a long-continued one, inaugurated and conducted on the ..."
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