all out

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all out (not comparable)

  1. Synonym of out (intensive but synonymous).
    —Do you have any more of those heirloom tomatoes? —Sorry, we're all out.
  2. (cricket) The state of a side having no more men to bat, thus ending its innings.
  3. Alternative form of all-out (comprehensive: using every means or covering every aspect)

Adverb

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all out (comparative more all out, superlative most all out)

  1. (idiomatic) With maximum effort.
  2. (idiomatic) Without regard for risk.
  3. (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[sic].

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