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all out en · ADJ

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Synonym of out (“having depleted stocks”) (intensive but synonymous).
    • —Do you have any more of those heirloom tomatoes? —Sorry, we're all out.
  2. (not-comparable) The state of a side having no more men to bat, thus ending its innings.
  3. (alt-of, alternative, not-comparable) Alternative form of all-out (“comprehensive: using every means or covering every aspect”).
    alt of all-out

Synonyms

out

all out en · ADV

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic, not-comparable) With maximum effort.
  2. (idiomatic, not-comparable) Without regard for risk.
  3. (Australia, US, idiomatic, not-comparable) Altogether; by far.
    • Oh, bedad! He was all out the worst sight ever came across ould Ireland 1840, The Sea: Narratives of Adventure and Shipwreck, Tales and Sketches:
    • Intemperate Venus is all out as bad in the other extreame^([sic]). 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:

Deriveds

go all out

Translations (9)

es a todo pasto (with maximum effort) · pl całkowicie (with maximum effort) · fi täysillä (with maximum effort) · fi kaikki peliin (without regard for risk) · pl va banque (without regard for risk) · pl kompletnie (with maximum effort) · pl na całego (without regard for risk) · pl na całość (without regard for risk) · pl na maksa (without regard for risk)