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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, “up to where”.
Prepositional phrase
[edit]- (+ ind. or subj.) until the point at which; as far as
- lavoro fin dove sia possibile ― I will work as much as I can (literally, “as far as is possible”)
- up to which point; to what extent; how far
- 2020, Barack Obama, chapter 25, in Chicca Galli, Paolo Lucca, Giuseppe Maugeri, transl., Una terra promessa [A Promised Land], Garzanti Libri:
- ... Mubarak continuò a fare resistenza, saggiando fin dove poteva arrivare con le intimidazioni contro i contestatori.
- ... Mubarak remained defiant, testing how far he could go in intimidating the protesters.
- (literally, “... Mubarak continued to resist, testing how far he could get with the intimidations against the protestors.”)