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[to date]  {adv.} or  {adj. phr.}

Up to the present time; until now.

To date twenty students have been accepted into the school.

The police have not found the runaway to date.

* /Jim is shoveling snow to earn money, but his earnings to date are  […]

[to death]  {adv. phr.},  {informal}

To the limit; to the greatest degree possible. — Used for emphasis with verbs such as "scare", "frighten", "bore".

Cowboy stories bore me to death, but I like mysteries.

Sara is scared to death of snakes.

*  […]

[to do]

See: [HAVE TO DO WITH].

[to first base]

See: [GET TO FIRST BASE].

[to grips]

See: [COME TO GRIPS WITH].

[to heart]

See: [TAKE TO HEART] also [LAY TO HEART].

[to heel]  {adj. phr.}

1. Close behind.

The dog ran after a rabbit, but Jack brought him to heel.

2. Under control; to obedience.

* /When Peter was sixteen, he thought he could do as he pleased, but his father cut off his allowance, and Peter  […]

[to hell with] or [the hell with]  {prep. phr.},  {informal}

Used to express disgusted rejection of something.

It's slop; the hell with what the cook calls it.

Compare: [FED UP], [GIVE A HANG].

[to it]

See: [PUT ONE'S BACK TO IT].

[to light]

See: [BRING TO LIGHT], [COME TO LIGHT].