all-fired
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all-fired
(ôl'fīrd')
adv. Informal
Used as an intensive: Don't be so all-fired aggressive.
adv. Informal
Used as an intensive: Don't be so all-fired aggressive.
[Alteration of hell-fired.]
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all-fired
adjective and adverb mainly
adjective and adverb mainly, US
Infernal(ly), extreme(ly). (1837 —) .
M. M. Atwater Tell him to get all-fired busy on it (1935).
[Prob. a euphemistic alteration of hell-fired.]
adjective and adverb mainly, US
Infernal(ly), extreme(ly). (1837 —) .
M. M. Atwater Tell him to get all-fired busy on it (1935).
[Prob. a euphemistic alteration of hell-fired.]
| all there, all in, all | |
| all-firedly, all-overish, all-overs |
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