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all out

all out adjective: synonym of out (“having depleted stocks”) (intensive but synonymous). Also the alternative form of all-out.

Adjective

all out (not comparable)

  1. Synonym of out (“having depleted stocks”) (intensive but synonymous).
    • —Do you have any more of those heirloom tomatoes? —Sorry, we're all out.
    Synonyms:
    out
  2. The state of a side having no more men to bat, thus ending its innings.

Adverb

all out (not comparable)

  1. (idiomatic) With maximum effort.
  2. (idiomatic) Without regard for risk.
  3. (Australia, US, idiomatic) Altogether; by far.
    • Oh, bedad! He was all out the worst sight ever came across ould Ireland1840, 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

Also used as

all out is also the alternative form of all-out.

Synonyms of all out

Words formed from all out

Questions about all out

What does all out mean?
All out means synonym of out (“having depleted stocks”) (intensive but synonymous).
What part of speech is all out?
All out can be an adjective or an adverb.

Words near all out in the dictionary

  1. all one's eggs in one basket
  2. all one's life is worth
  3. all one's life's worth
  4. all one's taste is in one's mouth
  5. all other things being equal
  6. all out
  7. all over
  8. all over again
  9. all over bar the shouting
  10. all over but the crying
  11. all over but the shouting

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