Meanings
prepositional phrase
- Completely, down to one's very essence.
Synonyms: to the bone, all the way, from soup to nuts, in excelsis, to the backbone, to the bone, to the brim, to the fullest
Synonyms & antonyms
prepositional phraseCompletely, down to one's very essence.
Translations
Finnish läpeensä
- läpeensädown to one's very essence
French jusqu'à la moelle
- jusqu'à la moelledown to one's very essence
Italian fino al midollo, fino all'osso
- fino al midollodown to one's very essence
- fino all'ossodown to one's very essence
Polish do szpiku kości, na wskroś
- do szpiku kościdown to one's very essence
- na wskrośdown to one's very essence
- na wylotdown to one's very essence
- do cnadown to one's very essence
Russian наскво́зь, до мо́зга косте́й
- наскво́зь (naskvózʹ)down to one's very essence
- до мо́зга косте́й (do mózga kostéj)down to one's very essence
Spanish hasta la médula
- hasta la méduladown to one's very essence
Swedish (ända) in i märgen, (ända) ut i fingerspetsarna
- (ända) in i märgendown to one's very essence
- (ända) ut i fingerspetsarnadown to one's very essence
- alltigenomdown to one's very essence
Cite this entry
APA
to the core. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/to%20the%20core
MLA
“to the core.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/to%20the%20core. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “to the core,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/to%20the%20core.
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