max

max1 [ mæks ] verb

,max `out phrasal verb AMERICAN INFORMAL

1. ) transitive to reach the limit of something or to use all of a supply of something:

I've maxed out all my credit cards.

2. ) intransitive to do something with as much energy as possible, or to have too much of something, so that you do not want to do or have it any more:

We maxed out after three hours of playing video games.

max out on: I guess I maxed out on pizza last night!

max

max 2 [ mæks ] adverb INFORMAL

at the most:

Fixing it should cost about twenty dollars max.

max

max 3 [ mæks ] noun

to the max INFORMAL

1. ) very much

2. ) as much or as hard as possible