For other uses, see To the nines (disambiguation).
"To the nines" is an idiom meaning "to perfection" or "to the highest degree". In modern English usage, the phrase most commonly appears as "dressed to the nines" or "dressed up to the nines".[1][2]
^Evans, Bergen; Cornelia Evans (1957). A Dictionary of Contemporary American Usage. Random House. p. 145.
^"'Dressed to the nines' comes from old Scottish phrase". Deseret News. April 13, 1997. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
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