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ALL GET OUT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does all get out mean?
• ALL GET OUT (noun)
The noun ALL GET OUT has 1 sense:
1. an unimaginably large amount
Familiarity information: ALL GET OUT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An unimaginably large amount
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Synonyms:
all get out; billy-ho; billyo; billyoh
Context example:
British say 'it rained like billyo' where Americans say 'it rained like all get out'
Hypernyms ("all get out" is a kind of...):
large indefinite amount; large indefinite quantity (an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude)
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