all get-out

noun

: the utmost conceivable degree
used in comparisons to suggest something superlative
is busy as all get-out

Examples of all get-out in a Sentence

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There's never a season when a whisper of color isn't cooler than all get-out. Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 14 Aug. 2024 This is frankly suspicious as all get-out. Robin Abrahams, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Apr. 2023 Yes, the Public Market is touristy as all get-out, but there are some fantastic food booths. Christopher Muther, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Apr. 2022 The music, catchy as all get-out, is another character on the show. Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2021 Part of this is due to the fact that Shadow and Bone is derivative as all get-out, and the series both knows it and revels in it. Jenna Scherer, Rolling Stone, 21 May 2021 Jenna Schnuer dug into the details for Fortune: The program looks to be confusing as all get-out and is likely to provide a mere drop in the bucket for what businesses need to survive. Adam Lashinsky, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2020 Flexible as all get-out, like that other South Carolina pol, Lindsey Graham. Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 9 Jan. 2020 So much pedigree, plus a late-2018 trailer that looked Fallout as all get-out, set serious expectations for this week's game launch on Windows 10, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4. Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 22 Oct. 2019

Word History

First Known Use

1849, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of all get-out was in 1849

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“All get-out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/all%20get-out. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.

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