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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 amountplay

  Familiarity information: ALL GET OUT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ALL GET OUT (noun)


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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