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as get-out

as get-out is the archaic form of as all get-out.

Meaning of as all get-out

Adverb

as all get-out (not comparable)

  1. (US, idiomatic, informal, simile) Extremely; to a superlative degree; very much.
    • Miss Collins looks pretty as all get out on a club floor, much more so than a frequent TV camera shot would lead you to suppose.1955 December 31, Billboard, page 9

Questions about as get-out

What is as get-out the archaic form of?
As get-out is the archaic form of as all get-out.

Words near as get-out in the dictionary

  1. as follows
  2. as for
  3. as fuck
  4. as Gaeilge
  5. as game as Ned Kelly
  6. as get-out
  7. as God intended
  8. as God is my witness
  9. as good as
  10. as good as it gets
  11. as good as new

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