Meanings
- alternativenot comparableAlternative form of all-out (“comprehensive: using every means or covering every aspect”).
- AustraliaUSidiomaticnot comparableAltogether; by far.
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, →OCLC1 more example
Oh, bedad! He was all out the worst sight ever came across ould Ireland
1840, The Sea: Narratives of Adventure and Shipwreck, Tales and Sketches
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveSynonym of out (“having depleted stocks”) (intensive but synonymous).
Translations
Finnish täysillä, kaikki peliin
- täysilläwith maximum effort
- kaikki peliinwithout regard for risk
Polish całkowicie, kompletnie
- całkowiciewith maximum effort
- kompletniewith maximum effort
- na całegowithout regard for risk
- na całośćwithout regard for risk
- na maksawithout regard for risk
- va banquewithout regard for risk
Spanish a todo pasto
- a todo pastowith maximum effort
Cite this entry
all out. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/all%20out
“all out.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/all%20out. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “all out,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/all%20out.
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