to a fare-thee-well

See also: to a fare thee well

English

Alternative forms

• to a fare-you-well, to a fare you well
• to a fine fare-thee-well
• to a fare thee well

Prepositional phrase

to a fare-thee-well

1. (idiomatic) To the greatest extent or to completion; to a state of refinement or perfection.
   • 1922, F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, “(please specify the page)”, in Tales of the Jazz Age, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC:

     "She's all dolled up to a fare-you-well to-night," continued Clark.

   • 1961, Geoffrey Edsall, “The Future of Immunization”, in Public Health Reports, volume 76, number 9, page 816:

     It will do little for the future of immunization to prepare excellent vaccines, test them to a fare-thee-well for safety and efficacy, and then not insure that they are adequately used.

   • 2007, Steve Forbes, Fact and Comment: Unindicted Blunderer, Forbes, 17 Sep.,

     Market participants are painfully learning the limits to slicing and dicing mortgages to a fine fare-thee-well.

Related terms

• fare thee well, fare-thee-well