to the brim

idiom

: to the top
He filled the glass to the brim.

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The first season was packed to the brim with guest stars like Adrien Brody, Hong Chau, Lil Rel Howery, Cherry Jones, Chloë Sevigny, Jameela Jamil, Nick Nolte, and Stephanie Hsu. Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 25 Feb. 2025 Customers have been posting pictures of stores that look more like warehouses, filled to the brim with boxes that couldn't be unloaded due to understaffing. Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Feb. 2025 Hannah reached for the bottle of Dom and filled her glass to the brim with a put-upon sigh, pity swimming in her hazel eyes. Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 12 Feb. 2025 The show will be a much more intimate experience than McCartney’s usual stadium-sized stomping grounds, which are usually filled to the brim with tens of thousands of people. Alli Rosenbloom, CNN, 11 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for to the brim

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“To the brim.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20the%20brim. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.

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