to death

Idioms  

1. To an extreme or intolerable degree, as in I am tired to death of these fund-raising phone calls, or That movie just thrilled me to death. This hyperbolic phrase is used as an intensifier. Also see sick and tired; tired out. [c. 1300]

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to death

The researchers found a second group of cells that were also resistant to death.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026

This sensitive, nuanced and intellectually open exploration of Norse attitudes to death was the product of an unusual mind.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

But, oh, how easy the curse’s persistence makes it to retread all those familiar plot beats, the same ones that have been removed from their context and posted to death for the last decade.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026

"If I had known how close I would have come to death on that day, I wouldn't have gone into that restaurant to eat. Only we don't know how close death is," the mechanic says.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

They no longer had to fear starving to death.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple