to the gills

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to the gills

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idiomatic Entirely or extremely; to the greatest degree possible. He came in with a suitcase, packed to the gills with samples and demonstration products.
Similar: all the way, from soup to nuts, in excelsis, to the backbone, to the bone, to the brim, to the core, to the fullest, to the full, to the gills, to the gunnels, to the hilt

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@misc{to_the_gills_2026,
  title = {to the gills},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/to%20the%20gills},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}