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Definition of All get out
1. Noun. An unimaginably large amount. "British say `it rained like billyo' where Americans say `it rained like all get out'"
Generic synonyms: Large Indefinite Amount, Large Indefinite Quantity
Lexicographical Neighbors of All Get Out
Literary usage of All get out
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Gentleman's Magazine (1881)
"There's really no great danger; but, still, the sooner you women get out of this,
the sooner we'll all get out . Where's Melissa ? ..."
2. London Society edited by James Hogg, Florence Marryat (1872)
"all get out !' was heard from the railroad official, still more urgently.
The guard helped the lady out, with the courtesy of a man of the world. ..."
3. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1918)
"Tuesday is our large day for accidents because they cannot all get out on Monday
and the ones that come out are probably just sobering up. ..."
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