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Up to eleven
"Up to eleven" or "These go to eleven" is an idiom from popular culture which has come to refer to anything capable of being exploited to its utmost abilities, or to exceed them, such as a sound volume control. Similarly, the expression "turning it up to eleven" may refer to the act of taking something to an extreme.
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