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to the nth degree

Idioms  

  1. To the utmost, as in They'd decked out the house to the nth degree. This expression comes from mathematics, where to the nth means “to any required power” (n standing for any number). It was first recorded in 1852.

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“I mean, he had this big binder with different pens, different colors, highlighters. He just went to the nth degree and so I was like, ‘Wow.’

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2023

A lot of people don't like watching it but as a player we admire it to the nth degree.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2023

Here, Cage takes that to the nth degree in a metanarrative that syncs his fandom’s Cage-related obsessions with his own reflections on stardom.

From New York Times • Apr. 26, 2023

Now imagine that taken to the nth degree: An election happens, a politician says something that they would never say, and then that spreads over WhatsApp or whatever.

From Slate • Mar. 24, 2023

And this is mayhem to the nth degree.

From "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" by J.K. Rowling

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