as all get out

To the highest or furthest possible degree; as much as one can imagine. Summers in Texas can be hot as all get out. Have you ever seen Dan sprint before? He's fast as all get out. Oh man, you have to get that new Friendtendo game, the graphics are cool as all get out.

as all get out

Rur. very much; as much as can be. I'm tired as all get out.

as all getout

To the ultimate degree, as in She made him furious as all getout. The American writer Joseph C. Neal had it in his Character Sketches (1838): "We look as elegant and as beautiful as get out." Today it always includes all. [Colloquial; first half of 1800s]

as all getout

To the utmost, as much as possible. This homespun cliché dates from the first half of the nineteenth century, when it was usually stated as getout. Mark Twain wrote, “We got to dig in like all git-out” (Huckleberry Finn, 1884). It remains current.

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Despite missing three starters and having their support cut from 7500 to 750 inside Ibrox, the Hoops boss refused to use any of it as a getout clause for one of the worst shows of his two and a half year tenure.

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The 23-year-old, who still has 18 months left on his contract at the Ricoh Arena, joined the Scottish Premier League side on a season long loan last July after he triggered a 'getout' clause in his contract.

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Jones' July form suggests he is nearing the level of that two-month purple patch in the winter with Marcus Rojo, only it is undermined by the friendly nature of the fixtures - and that is Lindelof's getout clause until he encounters Real Madrid in Skopje.

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However, claims that he has a getout clause which would allow him to walk away from the Stadium of Light have been dismissed by sources on Wearside.

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Just calling her country is a glib getout. Ortega deserves better.

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And he also added to speculation about the Senegal striker's getout clause, claiming it is around pounds 7m.

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This is your official getout clause for high heel ache because these boots are flat and practical for allday wear.

You booty

And change is certainly required if Birmingham's poorest performing schools are to improve and move away from the lazy assumption that children from deprived socio-economic backgrounds are bound to fare badly in the classroom - a golden getout for teachers if ever there was one.

City academies are unproven, but what's the alternative?

The wines had to be green as all getout and not worth "judging" at this stage (tasted when, in March, April?) so such "ratings" are all the more ridiculous.

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Here Davis's 'it would seem' looks like a much-needed getout clause (albeit one weakened by his later and more positive assertion that the technique is 'clearly [Richardson's] own invention').

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"I'll bet your delts looked killer as all getout," says the pancake guy.

Bounty