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to a fare-thee-well

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Definitions

  1. To the greatest extent or to completion

    To the greatest extent or to completion; to a state of refinement or perfection.

    • "She's all dolled up to a fare-you-well to-night," continued Clark.
    • It will do little for the future of immunization to prepare excellent vaccines, test them to a fare-thee-well for safety and efficacy, and then not insure that they are adequately used.
    • 2007, Steve Forbes, Fact and Comment: Unindicted Blunderer, Forbes, 17 Sep., Market participants are painfully learning the limits to slicing and dicing mortgages to a fine fare-thee-well.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA