to the utmost

taxing to the utmost

unbend v use to the utmost

To oxidize to the utmost degree, so as to form a peroxide.

-- applied to a movement or passage the sounds of which are to sustained to the utmost of the nominal value of the time

n an intense or violent exertion n the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean v to exert much effort or energy v test the limits of v use to the utmost