to the core

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to the core

all the way through; basically and essentially. (Usually with some negative sense, such as evil, rotten, etc.) Bill said that John is evil to the core. This organization is rotten to the core.

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But these experiences of the morning have shaken me to the core, and I must rest awhile. Poor Folk by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context His lust and greed were afire, while his vanity had been wounded to the core. The Lair of the White Worm by Stoker, Bram View in context Anne, I was grieved to the core of my heart when you lost your baby; and if I could have saved her for you by cutting off one of my hands I would have done it. Anne's House of Dreams by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context More results

? References in classic literature

But these experiences of the morning have shaken me to the core, and I must rest awhile.

Poor Folk by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context

His lust and greed were afire, while his vanity had been wounded to the core.

The Lair of the White Worm by Stoker, Bram View in context

Anne, I was grieved to the core of my heart when you lost your baby; and if I could have saved her for you by cutting off one of my hands I would have done it.

Anne's House of Dreams by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context

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