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: made with maximum effort : thoroughgoing
an all-out effort to win the contest
: with full determination or enthusiasm : with maximum effort
—used chiefly in the phrase go all out
Examples of all-out in a Sentence
Adjective
Grandpa got the all-out support of the family when he decided to remarry at age 72
an all-out effort to break open the door
Adverb
went all out for her New Year's Eve party—she even had fireworks!
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Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026
Was there really an all-out attempt to hunt down the best talent?
—Jonas Siegel, New York Times, 4 May 2026
AFAR Media, 11 May 2026
Kat’s upside-down crosses - Season 1, Episode 6 For Euphoria’s Halloween episode, the makeup department went all out.
—Hannah Kerns, PEOPLE, 10 May 2026
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Adjective
Incoming drones were destroyed over 20 Russian regions, including Moscow, according to the Defense Ministry, in Ukraine’s second-biggest aerial attack since Russia’s all-out invasion more than four years ago.
—Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026
Was there really an all-out attempt to hunt down the best talent?
—Jonas Siegel, New York Times, 4 May 2026
Adverb
And there Katherine spent several days hiking through pine and oak trees, refueling with Swedish meatballs and, of course, sweating it all out in the many saunas or saunas.
—AFAR Media, 11 May 2026
Kat’s upside-down crosses - Season 1, Episode 6 For Euphoria’s Halloween episode, the makeup department went all out.
—Hannah Kerns, PEOPLE, 10 May 2026
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“All-out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/all-out. Accessed 12 May. 2026.
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