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up to 11

up to 11 is the alternative form of up to eleven.

Meaning of up to eleven

Prepositional phrase

  1. (humorous, idiomatic, informal) Up to or beyond the maximum possible threshold; to an extremely high or strong degree.
    • She and River looked at me hard; but I lowered my eyes and leaned forward, with the nonchalance turned up to eleven, extinguished my cigarette, made eye-contact and nodded curtly.1997, Matthew Branton, The Love Parade, London: Bloomsbury Publishing, published 2002, →ISBN, page 71

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What is up to 11 the alternative form of?
Up to 11 is the alternative form of up to eleven.

Words near up to 11 in the dictionary

  1. up the ying yang
  2. up the ying-yang
  3. up there
  4. up till
  5. up to
  6. up to 11
  7. up to a point
  8. up to anything
  9. up to bat
  10. up to code
  11. up to date

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