as all getout
as all get out
To the highest or furthest possible degree; as much as one can imagine. Summers in Texas can be hot as all get-out.
See also: all, get, out
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
as all getout
To the ultimate degree, as in She made him furious as all getout. The American writer Joseph C. Neal had it in his Character Sketches (1838): "We look as elegant and as beautiful as get out." Today it always includes all. [Colloquial; first half of 1800s]
See also: all, getout
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
as all getout
To the utmost, as much as possible. This homespun cliché dates from the first half of the nineteenth century, when it was usually stated as getout. Mark Twain wrote, “We got to dig in like all git-out” (Huckleberry Finn, 1884). It remains current.
See also: all, getout
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
- as all get out
- as as all get out
- getout
- be as (something) as all get-out
- of the blackest dye
- in the extreme
- play (something) for all (something) is worth
- play it for all it's worth
- milk (something) for all (something) is worth
- further