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Adjective
all out (not comparable)
- Synonym of out (intensive but synonymous).
—Do you have any more of those heirloom tomatoes? —Sorry, we're all out.
- (cricket) The state of a side having no more men to bat, thus ending its innings.
- Alternative form of all-out (“comprehensive: using every means or covering every aspect”)
Adverb
all out (comparative more all out, superlative most all out)
- (idiomatic) With maximum effort.
- (idiomatic) Without regard for risk.
- (idiomatic) Altogether; by far.
1840, The Sea: Narratives of Adventure and Shipwreck, Tales and Sketches:Oh, bedad! He was all out the worst sight ever came across ould Ireland
1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: , 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:Intemperate Venus is all out as bad in the other extreame.
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