to the bone
idiom
1
: very much
We were frozen to the bone.
The threatening look in his eyes chilled me to the bone.
2
: as much as possible
The company has cut costs to the bone in an effort to save money.
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One awardee said the team is looking at nightmare scenarios of laying off staff and paring operations to the bone.
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Hannah Allam, ProPublica, 20 Mar. 2025
One fisherman named Akhmad, who like many Indonesians uses only one name, said he was hit by a metal hook and forced to work even after being injured on the job by a load of fish that gashed open his leg to the bone.
—Julie Watson, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2025
Myriad other parties this week included soirees hosted by GQ, which may or may not still publish a magazine, and Sports Illustrated, which cut its once-stellar staff to the bone and became a sad shell of its former self but evidently can still afford to throw a Super Bowl party.
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 7 Feb. 2025
And an 8-inch head wound had peeled part of his scalp to the bone.
—Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 23 July 2024
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Hannah Allam, ProPublica, 20 Mar. 2025
One fisherman named Akhmad, who like many Indonesians uses only one name, said he was hit by a metal hook and forced to work even after being injured on the job by a load of fish that gashed open his leg to the bone.
—Julie Watson, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2025
Myriad other parties this week included soirees hosted by GQ, which may or may not still publish a magazine, and Sports Illustrated, which cut its once-stellar staff to the bone and became a sad shell of its former self but evidently can still afford to throw a Super Bowl party.
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 7 Feb. 2025
And an 8-inch head wound had peeled part of his scalp to the bone.
—Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 23 July 2024
See All Example Sentences for to the bone
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“To the bone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20the%20bone. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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