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to the marrow

to the marrow prepositional phrase: to the bone.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (idiomatic) To the bone.
    • I was chilled to the marrow (of my bones).

Questions about to the marrow

What does to the marrow mean?
To the marrow means to the bone.
What part of speech is to the marrow?
To the marrow is a prepositional phrase.

Words near to the marrow in the dictionary

  1. to the letter
  2. to the life
  3. to the limit
  4. to the manner born
  5. to the manor born
  6. to the marrow
  7. to the max
  8. to the minute
  9. to the moon
  10. to the moon and back
  11. to the nines

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