to the brim

idiom

: to the top
He filled the glass to the brim.

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Enter Valentine's Day, a generic, cookie-cutter rip-off filled to the brim with A-list stars and Oscar winners. Janey Tracey, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Oct. 2025 The discards fill recycling bins to the brim and clutter closets, basements and hallways. Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2025 But Almighty So has proven to be astonishingly ahead of its time, revered among fans and hip-hop acolytes, and filled to the brim with straight-up banger after banger. Pitchfork, 30 Sep. 2025 Though the Rose Bowl was filled to the brim with A-listers that evening, everyone's attention, including DiCaprio's, was seemingly on McCartney, 83, who the actor said, in an interview with NME, was relishing in the praise both the band and the crowd were giving him. Chris Barilla, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for to the brim

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“To the brim.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20the%20brim. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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