to the bitter end

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to the bitter end and till the bitter end

Fig. to the very end. (Originally nautical. This originally had nothing to do with bitterness.) I'll stay till the bitter end. It took me a long time to get through school, but I worked hard at it all the way to the bitter end.

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"Pray don't mind it," she said, "pray don't, really--let it be--" But Whiskey Dick, feeling himself on safe ground in this attention, persisted to the bitter end of a disintegrated and well-worn "Travatore. Devil's Ford by Harte, Bret View in context And now, honestly, I wished I had put a bullet through my head before joining in this murderous conspiracy; but retreat was impossible, even if I had been the man to draw back after going so far; and I had a still stronger reason for standing by the others to the bitter end. Dead Men Tell No Tales by Hornung, E. W. View in context Also, he explained that there were many accidents in the mills, and that the company's policy was to fight to the bitter end all consequent damage suits. The Iron Heel by London, Jack View in context			to die for To each his own to each own To err is human to face to go to have a hollow leg to have the hots for to heart's content to hell and gone to hell with to liking to make a long story short to my mind to no avail to put it another way to put it mildly to put too fine a point on it to say nothing of to say the least to shout about to some extent to speak of to that effect to the best of ability to the bitter end to the bone to the contrary to the core to the ends of the earth to the fore to the four winds to the gunwales to the hilt to the last to the letter to the manner born to the max to the nth degree to the point to the tune of To the victors belong the spoils to top it all to way of thinking to whom it may concern to wit toad toady toady to toast today			To tend a vessel To term To term To term To term to that to that degree to that effect to that effect to that end to that extent To the backbone to the best of ability to the best of ability to the best of ability to the best of ability to the best of ability to the best of knowledge to the best of knowledge to the best of knowledge to the best of knowledge to the best of knowledge to the best of my knowledge to the best of my knowledge to the best of my knowledge to the best of my knowledge to the best of my knowledge To the Best of My Knowledge and Belief To the Best of My Memory To the Best of My Recollection to the bitter end To the Bone to the contrary to the contrary to the contrary to the contrary to the contrary To The Contrary with Bonnie Erbe To The Contrary with Bonnie Erbe To the core To the Darker Grounds To the Dome To the End To the End To the Ends of the Earth To the Extreme To the Faithful Departed to the fore to the fore to the fore to the fore to the fore to the four winds to the four winds to the four winds to the four winds to the four winds to the full to the gills to the gills to the gills

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