to a fare-thee-well

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Meaning: (idiomatic)To thegreatestextentor tocompletion; to a state ofrefinementorperfection.1922,F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, “(please specify the page)”, inTales of the Jazz Age, New York, N.Y.:Charles Scribner’s Sons,→OCLC:"She's all dolled upto a fare-you-wellto-night," continued Clark.1961, Geoffrey Edsall, “The Future of Immunization”, inPublic Health Reports, volume76, number 9, page816:It will do little for the future of immunization to prepare excellent vaccines, test themto a fare-thee-wellfor safety and efficacy, and then not insure that they are adequately used.2007,Steve Forbes,Fact and Comment: Unindicted Blunderer,Forbes, 17 Sep.,Market participants are painfully learning the limits to slicing and dicing mortgagesto a fine fare-thee-well.

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