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à tout casser

French, adverb/a tu ka.se/

à tout casser is a French adverb meaning “at most, tops, at the outside” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Au maximum”.

What does à tout casser mean in English?

adverb

  1. 1

    informalat most, tops, at the outside

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Très intense, voire violent.

adverb: 1. Au maximum.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

How do you pronounce à tout casser?

  • /a tu ka.se/
  • \a tu ka.se\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.