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to the core

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to the core
in every part. He's convinced that the army is rotten to the core. I'd never heard anything like it. I was shocked to the core. (= extremely shocked)
See also: core


to the core
completely or totally. A showman to the core, Chuck arrived at my party wearing a white headdress and a long purple cape.
Usage notes: often used in the form rotten to the core totally bad or evil: That kid is rotten to the core.
See also: core

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But these experiences of the morning have shaken me to the core, and I must rest awhile.
His lust and greed were afire, while his vanity had been wounded to the core.
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.
 
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