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to the rafters idiom used for saying that a place is completely full of something, or that something reaches high up in a place: The 2,600-seat building was hot and stuffy, and packed to the rafters with people who had waited for hours. The Arena was filled to the rafters with fans ranging in age from 8 to 80. This is a country stuffed to the rafters with classical musicians. When she stopped the hall echoed to the rafters with the roars of applause. Boxes and crates were piled up to the rafters. used for saying that something is done very enthusiastically: The player was cheered to the rafters by the Spanish fans. She was booed to the rafters by party members. Her new movie was praised to the rafters by the critics. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Full alive alive with somethingidiom awash be a rich seam to mineidiom be riddled with somethingidiom bristle burst congested cramped crowded crowdedness flat chat fully booked heaped rafter rammed replete repletion ridden teem
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