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Hilt In The Loop 732 Fully Committed Completely Daughter Thinks She’s

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Idiom TO THE HILT
Definition to be fully committed to something; to do something completely
Examples
  1. When my daughter thinks she’s getting sick, she plays the role to the hilt so that she doesn’t have to go to school. Even though she might just have a cold, she complains that she aches from head to toe.
  2. They tried not to get into debt too much. But they had to get a bank loan to buy their house, so now they’re in to the hilt.
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Compare to: go to town; pull out all the stops; whole hog; whole nine yards

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