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the limit
Idioms and Phrases
The most extreme; someone or something that irritates, delights, or surprises to the ultimate degree. For example, Hiring and firing someone the same day—that's the limit in employee relations! or That excuse of yours for missing the wedding, that's the limit , or He's done wonders before but this last one is the limit . This idiom uses limit as “the last possible point or boundary.†[ Colloquial ; c. 1900]Example Sentences
More families have been able to claim child benefits after the limit on earnings was raised.
Rob Mansfield, independent financial adviser at Rootes Wealth, said uprating the limit in line with inflation was very welcome and "great news for savers and for confidence in our banking system".
Martyn Beauchamp, chief executive of the FSCS, said it was important the limit was reviewed regularly to ensure it stayed "appropriate and relevant".
The proposal is part of a wide-ranging consultation on deposit protection which could also see the limit on "temporary high balance claims" rise from £1m to £1.4m.
There’s no putting the genie back in the bottle, though: It sure sounded as if the speaker were saying that the Constitution gives Congress the power to shutter the lower courts, and that the legislative body, if pushed to the limit, should use it.
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