also n. Informal
The utmost degree that is possible or even imaginable: "It's snowing like all get-out up here" (Hans Thorner).
Dictionary:
all get-out all get out (gĕt'out') ![]() |
| WordNet: all get out |
The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
an unimaginably large amount; British say"it rained like billyo" where Americans say"it rained like all get out"
Synonyms: billyo, billyoh, billy-ho
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