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to overflowing

to overflowing phrase: so as to be absolutely full.

Phrase

to overflowing

  1. (idiomatic) So as to be absolutely full.
    • The train was full to overflowing, and the doors would barely shut.
    • It is no use gaily arranging for large hauls of coal to converge on a Scunthorpe steelworks if the latter's sidings are already full to overflowing, and many sizeable traders are therefore advised each morning of traffic that is in the railway pipeline for them, to ascertain if they are able to...1962 August, G. Freeman Allen, “Traffic control on the Great Northern Line”, in Modern Railways, page 129

Questions about to overflowing

What does to overflowing mean?
To overflowing means so as to be absolutely full.
What part of speech is to overflowing?
To overflowing is a phrase.

Words near to overflowing in the dictionary

  1. to one's own cheek
  2. to one's rescue
  3. to one's way of thinking
  4. to oneself
  5. to order
  6. to overflowing
  7. to perfection
  8. to pieces
  9. to put it another way
  10. to reckon with
  11. to rights

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