English edit

Prepositional phrase edit

to the wide

  1. (slang) Completely; utterly.
    • 2012, Michael Gilbert, The Dust and The Heat:
      “He's bust to the wide,” said Oliver. “Don't you agree, Wilfred?”
      “I think he must be,” said Harrap. “I had it on good authority that the bank was clamping down on his overdraft. When he's finished paying both sets of costs he won't have any credit left.”