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hilt
[ hilt ]
noun
- the handle of a sword or dagger.
- the handle of any weapon or tool.
verb (used with object)
- to furnish with a hilt.
hilt
/ hɪlt /
noun
- the handle or shaft of a sword, dagger, etc
- to the hiltto the full
verb
- tr to supply with a hilt
Word History and Origins
Origin of hilt1
Word History and Origins
Origin of hilt1
Idioms and Phrases
- to the hilt, to the maximum extent or degree; completely; fully Also up to the hilt.
to play the role to the hilt.
More idioms and phrases containing hilt
see to the hilt .Example Sentences
Let’s back him to the hilt and take it to Trump.
Still, he was a perfect match for Yang, who played Santos to the hilt in various appearances on Weekend Update and in opening sketches.
For years, the national Democratic Party has faced criticism that it has declined to back Black women to the hilt, either in primaries or general elections, when they have run for statewide offices.
The larger-than-life painting by artist Jonathan Yeo captures the king with his hands clasped atop the hilt of his sword and a butterfly flitting above his right shoulder.
But it would have been comforting to squeeze something tightly, like a sword hilt, instead of squishing a handful of figs into a sloppy mush.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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