to the limit en · X
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(idiomatic) To the greatest possible extent.
Then the race began; and such a contest of speed as it was! With her propellers working to the limit, and every volt of electricity that was available forced into the forward and aft plates, the Advance surged through the water, about ten feet below the surface. But the Wonder kept after her, giving her knot for knot. The course of the leading submarine was easy to trace now, in the morning light which penetrated ten feet down.
1910, Victor Appleton, Tom Swift and His Submarine Boat:
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es al límite (Translations)