to the limit
idiom
: to the greatest possible point : as much as possible
Our resources have been stretched to the limit.
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On a Saturday afternoon, an adolescent pitcher can start his day pitching to the limit in a travel ballgame, then show up in uniform to pitch again for his Little League team.
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Lindsey Adler, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2025
So slim are the margins in Formula 1 that everything is pushed to the limit to improve performances, but a double disqualification was a serious blunder on Ferrari’s part.
—Dan Cancian, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
And starters Michael King, Dylan Cease and Yu Darvish are back from a team that won 93 regular-season games, a wild-card series and pushed the Dodgers to the limit in a five-game NL Division Series.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2025
Michigan was pushed to the limit by UC San Diego, which made a furious second-half comeback and missed a game-tying 3-pointer in the waning seconds of a 68-65 loss.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 21 Mar. 2025
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Lindsey Adler, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2025
So slim are the margins in Formula 1 that everything is pushed to the limit to improve performances, but a double disqualification was a serious blunder on Ferrari’s part.
—Dan Cancian, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
And starters Michael King, Dylan Cease and Yu Darvish are back from a team that won 93 regular-season games, a wild-card series and pushed the Dodgers to the limit in a five-game NL Division Series.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2025
Michigan was pushed to the limit by UC San Diego, which made a furious second-half comeback and missed a game-tying 3-pointer in the waning seconds of a 68-65 loss.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 21 Mar. 2025
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“To the limit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20the%20limit. Accessed 10 Apr. 2025.
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