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hilt
[hilt]
noun
the handle of a sword or dagger.
the handle of any weapon or tool.
verb (used with object)
to furnish with a hilt.
hilt
/ ³óɪ±ô³Ù /
noun
the handle or shaft of a sword, dagger, etc
to the full
verb
(tr) to supply with a hilt
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of hilt1
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of hilt1
Idioms and Phrases
to the hilt, to the maximum extent or degree; completely; fully Also up to the hilt.
to play the role to the hilt.
Example Sentences
The production, directed by Sam Pinkleton, plays this delirious situation to the comic hilt.
Strahovski excels at playing white woman privilege to the hilt, and never as much as when she finds herself back on top, ready to evangelize for women’s oppression yet again.
In statements and interviews, government officials insist the army is on the attack against rebels, whom they call terrorists, and Iranian emissaries have pledged to back Assad to the hilt.
The performers are encouraged to play their roles to the comic hilt.
Let’s back him to the hilt and take it to Trump.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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