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in the limit

in the limit prepositional phrase: in the extreme case; pushed to the very edge of what is possible or reasonable.

Prepositional phrase

in the limit

  1. (idiomatic) In the extreme case; pushed to the very edge of what is possible or reasonable.

Questions about in the limit

What does in the limit mean?
In the limit means in the extreme case; pushed to the very edge of what is possible or reasonable.
What part of speech is in the limit?
In the limit is a prepositional phrase.

Words near in the limit in the dictionary

  1. in the last analysis
  2. in the lead
  3. in the least
  4. in the light of
  5. in the limelight
  6. in the limit
  7. in the line of duty
  8. in the long run
  9. in the long term
  10. in the loop
  11. in the lump

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