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The phrase "to the bone" is correct and usable in written English.
It typically means to the fullest degree possible. For example, "She understands the material to the bone."
Dictionary
to the bone
phrase
Completely, totally
Exact(59)
We're soaked to the bone.
I'm chilled to the bone".
Corrupt to the bone.
It cuts too close to the bone".
"He was burned to the bone".
Both are vaudevillians to the bone.
Imports were cut to the bone.
Cutting inventories to the bone achieves this.
Budgets had been cut to the bone.
"It'll chill you to the bone.
Similar(1)
Chilling, right-to-the-bone fear.
More suggestions(25)
drenched to the bone
evil to the bone
fight to the bone for
hate somebody to the bone
hate to the bone
to the skeleton
to the marrow
to the skeletal
to the backbone
to the stone
to the blood
to the apple
to the osteoporosis
to the knob
to the foot
to the tissue
to the bones
to the ls
to the les
to the horsemen
to the bony
to the job
to substantive
following the bone
to background
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