to the bone
idiom
1
: very much
We were frozen to the bone.
The threatening look in his eyes chilled me to the bone.
2
: as much as possible
The company has cut costs to the bone in an effort to save money.
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The other end of the spectrum are breaks that happen when a single application of force is applied to the bone.
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Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Some of the sauropod fossils showed lesions that were confined to the bone marrow, while others had lesions that extended from the marrow all the way to the outer bone surface.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2025
Greg Daniels, who co-created all three shows, has said that the newsroom setting was attractive because newspapers play a vital democratic role but are in increasingly dire straits—zombified by unscrupulous owners who come in and cut the journalism to the bone.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2025
As companies push for return-to-office without rebuilding culture, cut staff to the bone, and treat connection as an afterthought, workers are left isolated.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
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Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Some of the sauropod fossils showed lesions that were confined to the bone marrow, while others had lesions that extended from the marrow all the way to the outer bone surface.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2025
Greg Daniels, who co-created all three shows, has said that the newsroom setting was attractive because newspapers play a vital democratic role but are in increasingly dire straits—zombified by unscrupulous owners who come in and cut the journalism to the bone.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2025
As companies push for return-to-office without rebuilding culture, cut staff to the bone, and treat connection as an afterthought, workers are left isolated.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for to the bone
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“To the bone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20the%20bone. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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