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to the nines

English

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Etymology

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From Scots, perhaps a rebracketing of to then eyne (“to the eyes”) or to thyn eyne (“(up) to your eyes”).

Prepositional phrase

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to the nines

  1. To perfection; fully, wholly.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:to the full
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