as all get-out
idiom
US, informal
: very or extremely
The café was (as) busy as all get-out this afternoon.
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The play, which Jacobs-Jenkins wrote assuming that nobody would ever produce it, was wild as all get-out, with dreamlike interludes involving watermelons, enormous phalluses, and musical flatulence.
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Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024
As usual, her outfit was chic as all get-out, with wide-leg jeans, a black vest, and a long, black coat.
—Marci Robin, Allure, 11 Dec. 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
This is frankly suspicious as all get-out.
—Robin Abrahams, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Apr. 2023
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
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Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024
As usual, her outfit was chic as all get-out, with wide-leg jeans, a black vest, and a long, black coat.
—Marci Robin, Allure, 11 Dec. 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
This is frankly suspicious as all get-out.
—Robin Abrahams, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Apr. 2023
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
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