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Antonym: fromSimilar words: boCo.do.dogonosotoeMeaning: [tə; before a vowel; tʊ; stressed; tuː]  prep.1. (used for expressing motion or direction toward a point, person, place, or thing approached and reached, as opposed to from): They came to the house. 2. (used for expressing direction or motion or direction toward something) in the direction of; toward: from north to south. 3. (used for expressing limit of movement or extension): He grew to six feet. 4. (used for expressing contact or contiguity) on; against; beside; upon: a right uppercut to the jaw; Apply varnish to the surface. 5. (used for expressing a point of limit in time) before; until: to this day; It is ten minutes to six. We work from nine to five. 6. (used for expressing aim, purpose, or intention): going to the rescue. 7. (used for expressing destination or appointed end): sentenced to jail. 8. (used for expressing agency, result, or consequence): to my dismay; The flowers opened to the sun. 9. (used for expressing a resulting state or condition): He tore it to pieces. 10. (used for expressing the object of inclination or desire): They drank to her health. 11. (used for expressing the object of a right or claim): claimants to an estate. 12. (used for expressing limit in degree, condition, or amount): wet to the skin; goods amounting to $1000; Tomorrow's high will be 75 to 80°. 13. (used for expressing addition or accompaniment) with: He added insult to injury. They danced to the music. Where is the top to this box? 14. (used for expressing attachment or adherence): She held to her opinion. 15. (used for expressing comparison or opposition): inferior to last year's crop; The score is eight to seven. 16. (used for expressing agreement or accordance) according to; by: a position to one's liking; to the best of my knowledge. 17. (used for expressing reference, reaction, or relation): What will he say to this? 18. (used for expressing a relative position): parallel to the roof. 19. (used for expressing a proportion of number or quantity) in; making up: 12 to the dozen; 20 miles to the gallon. 20. (used for indicating the indirect object of a verb, for connecting a verb with its complement, or for indicating or limiting the application of an adjective, noun, or pronoun): Give it to me. I refer to your work. 21. (used as the ordinary sign or accompaniment of the infinitive, as in expressing motion, direction, or purpose, in ordinary uses with a substantive object.) 22. Math. raised to the power indicated: Three to the fourth is 81 (34 = 81). adv.23. toward a point, person, place, or thing, implied or understood. 24. toward a contact point or closed position: Pull the door to. 25. toward a matter, action, or work: We turned to with a will. 26. into a state of consciousness; out of unconsciousness: after he came to. 27. to and fro. See fro (def. 2).. 
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31 What is known to three is known to everybody. 
32 Give a lark to catch a kite. 
33 It is not good to wake a sleeping lion. 
34 To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting. 
35 It is good to beware by other men’s harm. 
36 The battle is to the strong. 
37 It is better to be safe than sorry. 
38 Cut the coat according to the cloth. 
39 Few words to the wise suffice. 
40 Nothing comes amiss to a hungry man. 
41 It is easier to descend than to ascend. 
42 To ask well is to know much. 
43 It is wisdom sometimes to seem a fool. 
44 The face is no index to the heart. 
45 It is good to be merry at meal. 
46 By writing you learn to write. 
47 Merry is he that hath nought to lose. 
48 Men are not to be measured by [in] inches. 
49 By falling we learn to go safely. 
50 Wisdom is more to be envied than riches. 
51 Never offer to teach fish to swim. 
52 Medicines are not meant to live on. 
53 The boy is father to the man. 
54 Don't cross the bridge till you come to it. 
55 Lying is the first step to the gallows. 
56 Learn to walk before you run. 
57 Equivocation is first cousin to a lie. 
58 Ill weeds are sure to thrive. 
59 Children learn to creep ere they can go. 
60 Eat to please thyself,[www.Sentencedict.com] but dress to please others. 
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