all out

See also: all-out

English

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Adjective

all out (not comparable)

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

Adverb

all out (not comparable)

  1. (idiomatic) With maximum effort.
  2. (idiomatic) Without regard for risk.
  3. (idiomatic, chiefly US, Australia) 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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