to the point of
idiom
: to a particular state
The animals were hunted to the point of extinction.
He pushed her to the point of hysterics.
He's concerned about money to the point of obsession.
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If Election Day gets too overwhelming, to the point of election anxiety, don't hesitate to look for ways to get help and remember to put your mental health first.
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Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Courier-Journal, 5 Nov. 2024
Fortunately, there is a moderate option for a new European strategic architecture, one that avoids a total U.S. withdrawal but does not stretch Washington to the point of insolvency.
—Sumantra Maitra, Foreign Affairs, 4 Nov. 2024
Everything about his manner and dress suggested a composure rigid to the point of fragility.
—Greg Jackson, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
After all, anyone who is invested in a game will already be absorbed—to the point of madness, even—in the task of trying to intuit their team’s likelihood of victory.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2024
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Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Courier-Journal, 5 Nov. 2024
Fortunately, there is a moderate option for a new European strategic architecture, one that avoids a total U.S. withdrawal but does not stretch Washington to the point of insolvency.
—Sumantra Maitra, Foreign Affairs, 4 Nov. 2024
Everything about his manner and dress suggested a composure rigid to the point of fragility.
—Greg Jackson, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
After all, anyone who is invested in a game will already be absorbed—to the point of madness, even—in the task of trying to intuit their team’s likelihood of victory.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2024
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“To the point of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20the%20point%20of. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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