to the core

idiom

: in a very complete or extreme way

—used for emphasis

He is patriotic to the core.

Her family is English to the core.

He's rotten to the core.

They were shaken to the core.

Examples of to the core in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

That’s not too dissimilar from O’Connor’s Challengers character, Patrick Zweig, who seems to see the world with a sort of transactional clarity, whether that means sweet-talking a pro-shop worker for half a bagel sandwich or cutting to the core of Tashi Duncan’s psychosexual machinations. —Marah Eakin, Vulture, 29 Apr. 2024

Create an organizational structure that supports innovation by allocating 80 percent of resources to the core business and 20 percent to developing new products. —Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 14 June 2024

Just some of the shocks that have shaken the game to the core, written unheralded names into soccer folklore and generated stories that have been, and will continue to be, spoken about for generations to come. —Aleks Klosok, CNN, 11 June 2024

Hollowed to the core, the Haitian state exists in name only. —Monique Clesca, Washington Post, 18 June 2024