to a crisp

phrase

: to a state of being hard, dry, and easily broken
The toast had been burned to a crisp.

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“To a crisp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20a%20crisp. Accessed 17 Mar. 2026.

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