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to the wide

to the wide prepositional phrase: completely; utterly.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (slang) Completely; utterly.
    • “He's bust to the wide,” said Oliver. “Don't you agree, Wilfred?”
      “I think he must be,” said Harrap. “I had it on good authority that the bank was clamping down on his overdraft. When he's finished paying both sets of costs he won't have any credit left.”2012, Michael Gilbert, The Dust and The Heat

Questions about to the wide

What does to the wide mean?
To the wide means completely; utterly.
What part of speech is to the wide?
To the wide is a prepositional phrase.

Words near to the wide in the dictionary

  1. to the tune of
  2. to the turn of a hair
  3. to the victor belong the spoils
  4. to the victor go the spoils
  5. to the victor the spoils
  6. to the wide
  7. to thine own self be true
  8. to think that
  9. to this day
  10. to this effect
  11. to this end

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