__________  to the __________ II

W_ _ _ _ TO THE W_ _ _
Credit: GAMES Magazine - Sept. 2010
Raymond D. Love

Each clue below is a familiar four-word phrase or expression in which TO THE are the two middle words. The initial letter of each missing word is given, and the blanks indicate the number of missing letters. For example, given the clue W_ _ _ _  to the W_ _ _ , the answer would be WORDS TO THE WISE.

Are you  U_ to the C_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ?

1. G_ to the D_ _ _
2. H_ _ _ to the C _ _ _ _
3. N_ _ _ to the G_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
4. O_ _ to the R_ _ _ _ _
5. O_ _ _ to the P_ _ _ _ _
6. P_ _ _ _ _ to the C_ _ _ _
7. P_ _ to the T_ _ _
8. R_ _ _ _ _ to the C_ _ _
9. S_ _ _ _ _ _ to the L_ _ _ _
10. T_ _ _ to the C_ _ _ _ _ _ _

Answers:

Up to the Challenge

1. Go to the Dogs
2. Hail to the Chief
3. Nose to the Grindstone
4. Off to the Races
5. Open to the Public
6. Preach to the Choir
7. Put to the Test
8. Rotten to the Core
9. Stretch to the Limit
10. Take to the Cleaners