- all get-out
- noun
Date: 1879
the utmost conceivable degree — used in comparisons to suggest something superlative <is busy as all get-out>
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
all get-out
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all get-out — ˌȯl(ˌ)gid.ˈau̇t, ˌged. , (ˈ) ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun slang : the extreme (as of extent, degree, quality, or condition) encountered or conceivable used in comparisons to suggest something superlative a handbag big as all get out New Yorker … Useful english dictionary
all get-out — See as all get out … English idioms
all get out — noun an unimaginably large amount British say it rained like billyo where Americans say it rained like all get out • Syn: ↑billyo, ↑billyoh, ↑billy ho • Hypernyms: ↑large indefinite quantity, ↑large indefinite amount … Useful english dictionary
Live As All Get Out — Este artículo o sección necesita referencias que aparezcan en una publicación acreditada, como revistas especializadas, monografías, prensa diaria o páginas de Internet fidedignas. Puedes añadirlas así o avisar … Wikipedia Español
as all get-out — (informal) As can be • • • Main Entry: ↑get * * * as all get out US informal : very or extremely The café was (as) busy as all get out [=was extremely busy] this afternoon. • • • Main Entry: ↑all get out … Useful english dictionary
be [faster/hotter/thinner etc.] than all get out — be as [fast/hot/thin etc.] as all get out to be extremely fast, hot, thin etc.. It s hotter than all get out (= extremely hot) in here … New idioms dictionary
be faster than all get out — be as [fast/hot/thin etc.] as all get out to be extremely fast, hot, thin etc.. It s hotter than all get out (= extremely hot) in here … New idioms dictionary
be hotter than all get out — be as [fast/hot/thin etc.] as all get out to be extremely fast, hot, thin etc.. It s hotter than all get out (= extremely hot) in here … New idioms dictionary
be thinner than all get out — be as [fast/hot/thin etc.] as all get out to be extremely fast, hot, thin etc.. It s hotter than all get out (= extremely hot) in here … New idioms dictionary
than all get out — be as [fast/hot/thin etc.] as all get out to be extremely fast, hot, thin etc.. It s hotter than all get out (= extremely hot) in here … New idioms dictionary
