filled/full to the brim

idiom

: completely full
The glass was filled/full to the brim.

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It’s certainly heightened: broad in its scope and its aims, stunning to look at, filled to the brim with references to filmmakers like David Cronenberg and Stanley Kubrick. Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 26 Dec. 2024 On the other hand, the show is a blockbuster, full to the brim with the kinds of people who go to big name museum shows. Anahid Nersessian, The New York Review of Books, 13 Dec. 2024 These beautiful stockings were filled to the brim with wonderful items that were purchased or donated to Friends of San Pasqual Academy. News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Jan. 2025 Tables are filled to the brim with steaming bowls of pozole, and a soft murmur of conversations weaves through the room like an invisible thread. Mayolo López Gutiérrez, NPR, 1 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for filled/full to the brim 

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“Filled/full to the brim.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/filled%2Ffull%20to%20the%20brim. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.

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