all outadv.n.adj.

Brit.

/ˌɔːl ˈaʊt/, U.S.

/ˈɔl ˌaʊt/,

/ˈɑl ˌaʊt/

Forms: see all adj., pron., n., adv., and conj. and out adv., int., and prep.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: all adv., out adv.

Etymology: < all adv. + out adv. Compare Old Frisian alūt, Middle Dutch al ūte (Dutch (now regional and rare) aluit), Middle Low German al ūt, al ūte entirely, completely.In to drink (it) all out at sense A. 1b originally after Middle Dutch alūt drinken, in later use chiefly after German gar aus trinken (see carouse adv.). Compare Middle French boire à lut (1539; also boire alut (1580; < Dutch)), boire allus (1546 in Rabelais in boire caros et allus ; probably < an unattested early modern German form *allaus ; for caros , see carouse adv.). With the use as noun compare carouse n. 2. In early use as adverb also written as one word.

A. adv.

a. adv. Entirely, completely, totally. Also as an intensifier. Now chiefly Irish English and English regional (northern).

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the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > completely [phrase] > altogether, entirely, or completely

bedenec1175

all outc1300

downrightc1330

downrightsc1330

at alla1375

whole together1551

in all sorts1559

right out1578

clear1600

neck and heels1647

to rights1663

head over ears1774

neck and crop1791

fair and square1870

in total1965

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > greatly or very much [phrase] > utter > utterly

all outc1300

out and outc1300

at all devicec1385

to devicec1385

right out?1543

up to the chin1546

up to the eyes1607

upsy Friese1609

up to the (or one's) eyebrowsa1627

all hollow1762

(immersed, steeped) to the lipsa1822

all ends up1850

fair and square1870

right spang1884

to the wide1895

a (also one) hundred per cent1911

c1300 Life & Martyrdom Thomas Becket (Harl. 2277) (1845) l. 1938 The lawes of his lond alout riȝt withsede.

a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) (1891) l. 2935 Now haue I declared thee all oute Of that thou were in drede and doute.

a1500 Partenay (Trin. Cambr.) l. 866 Thay approched Columbere toun al-oute.

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xi. xvi. 19 To mekil all out sa cruel punyssing.

1567 T. Drant tr. Horace Satyrs in tr. Horace Arte Poetrie sig. Nviii I kepe one staye, writinge (they saye) in melancholie moode, Like Lucill, sauing that my witte, is not all out so good.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. ii. xv. 10 The other planets..not all out foure moneths apeece.

1656 R. Sanderson 20 Serm. viii. 164 Our conversation..cannot be all out so free and familiar.

1749 Universal Mag. May 213/1 The Flying fish is not all out so big as a Herring, nor by much so bony.

1835 M. Doyle Common Sense for Common People 18 Bench..Were you drunk? Tom. Not all out, I could keep my feet on the floor.

1852 W. R. Wilde Irish Pop. Superstitions iv. 121 In the islands of the extreme west, except from sheer old age, or some very ostensible cause, no-one is ever believed to ‘die all out’.

1885 M. W. Hungerford Maiden all Forlorn III. 3 ‘I haven't any time for a chat,’ he says, glancing at his watch. ‘It is seven all out.’

1914 J. Joyce Dubliners 87 That was Ignatius Gallaher all out.

1928 A. E. Pease Dial. N. Riding Yorks. 3/1 ‘Yon's t'best on 'em.’—‘Aye, all-owt.’

b. to drink (it) all out: to drink a whole tankard of wine, beer, etc.; to drain one's drink; to down a drink in one go (now historical). Hence: to drink copious amounts of alcohol. Also in extended use. Cf. to drink carouse at carouse adv.Now merging with sense A. 4a.

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the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [verb (intransitive)] > drink intoxicating liquor > freely

wassailc1300

waught?a1513

quaff1520

to drink (it) all outa1522

bibblea1529

quaught1530

to set cock on the hoopa1535

quass1549

tipple1560

swillc1563

carouse1567

to drink, quaff (pledge one) carouse1567

troll-the-bowl1575

to take one's rousea1593

pot1622

tope1668

toot1676

compotate1694

to soak one's clay (or face)1704

birlea1800

to splice the mainbrace1805

jollify1830

brimmer1838

to give it a bit of a nudge1966

nudge1966

a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) i. xi. 63 He merely ressavis the remand tays, All owt he drank, and quhelmyt the gold on his face.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 676/2 I quaught, I drinke all out. Je boys dautant.

a1549 A. Borde Fyrst Bk. Introd. Knowl. (1870) 151 There be many good felowes, the whyche wyll drynke all out.

1605 R. Verstegan Restit. Decayed Intelligence i. 13 To say drink a Garaus..which is to say All out.

1618 W. P. tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. IV. 928 Some haue litle bels hanging at their cups, by the ringing therof to shew their valor in drinking al out.

1658 J. Eliot Poems 96 Some swell with fat, and some consume, But they are sound that drink all out.

1708 J. Philips in Oxf. & Cambr. Misc. Poems 322 We'll drink the Universe dry; We'll set Foot to Foot, and drink it all out, If once we grow sober we die.

1728 Authentick Relation Hardships of Dutch Sailor 25 He [sc. the turtle] had likewise a great deal of Water in his Bladder, which I drank all out.

1893 W. F. Smith tr. F. Rabelais Pantagruel in Wks. I. 382 I am not one of those importunate Huff-snuffs..who by Force..constrain the..Comrades to drink, nay, to carouse and drink all out, which is worse.

1911 E. D. Longman & S. Loch Pins & Pincushions vi. 95 To drink ‘garaux’ is to drink ‘all out’, hence ‘carouse’.

1989 S. Peele in D. J. Hanson Preventing Alcohol Abuse (1995) iii. 74 As alcohol was eliminated from the ordinary daily routines of the middle class, when people did drink, they were more likely to go on binges where they drank all out.

a. Completely finished, exhausted; at an end. Cf. out adv. 21a. Now rare.

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the world > relative properties > quantity > [adverb] > no more

neverthemorec1330

ne'er the more1509

all out?c1690

?c1690 Couragious Seamens Loyal Health (single sheet) We'll Drink his Royal Health about, And when the Liquor is all out, Boys, wash then and fill again.

1724 ‘C. Johnson’ Gen. Hist. Pyrates iii. 89 Rum all out... So I look'd sharp for a Prize;—such a Day took one, with a great deal of Liquor on Board..then all Things went well again.

1799 Edinb. Mag. 27/1 When the brandy or the beer is all out, they then guzzle down the dregs.

1864 E. Marshall Katie's Work iv. 46 ‘The beer is all out, father,’ was Katie's reply; ‘I drew the last for you last night.’

1901 J. Barnes Great War Trek with Brit. Army of Veldt Introd. p. ix Cigarettes are all out.

(a) all out of: entirely lacking (a commodity, etc., previously or normally possessed). Cf. out of prep. 13.

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?1780 Three Excellent Songs 3 The cry of our country's they're all out of silver.

1844 S. C. Edgarton in Rose of Sharon 80 I hate to trouble you—but just now I'm all out of change.

1894 Waterloo (Iowa) Daily Courier 21 Feb. 1/2 We are all out of meat, and I've nothing to eat.

1910 H. Garland Cavanagh viii. 136 I'm all out of smokes; get me a box, that's a good old soul.

1946 R. Molloy Uneasy Spring iii. 201 Wish I had the stuff to make Martinis. I'm all out of gin.

1977 Washington Post 17 May b1/5 86 means you're all out of something or you cut some guy off.

2001 M. Blake 24 Karat Schmooze i. 12 They were all out of drink except for a suspicious bottle of Sangria that someone had brought back from Majorca the previous summer.

(b) Having reached the complete end of one's supply; totally out of stock. Cf. out adv. 21b.

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1829 Casket Apr. 159/2 I wonder whether he has got a drop of the crathur on board..for we're all out here!

1893 Chautauquan Aug. 568/2 Have you any matches, mother? I'm all out. Thanks!

1905 ‘H. Castlemon’ Struggle for Fortune vii. 107 But we must get some powder and shot for that. I am all out.

1926 Pop. Mech. Jan. 183/2 Please ship this order of Supers at once as I am all out and parties are waiting for them.

1946 Life 25 Mar. 116/1 See your dealer. If he is all out, mail the coupon now!

2006 D. Trussoni Falling through Earth (2007) x. 188 ‘Hey, girl. Mind if I bum a smoke?’ Lolly narrowed her eyes. ‘Do I look like a vending machine?’ Suzie shrugged. ‘Sorry. I'm all out.’

3. Cricket. With all the batting side having been dismissed by the fielding side; with the innings of the batting side having come to an end after the loss of all the side’s wickets. Cf. out adv. 17c.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > [adverb] > in or out

out1609

ina1672

not out1777

all out1833

1833 New Sporting Mag. Sept. 326 Now Barker's bowl'd out—Baker caught—Yet, still they seem to flow on. ‘What, not all out?’

1851 J. Pycroft Cricket Field xi. 217 A friend..put his adversaries in second innings for seven runs to tie, and got all out for five!

1888 Oxf. Mag. 6 June 407/2 The team did not do so well as they ought on a hard wicket, and were all out for 210.

1904 Guy's Hosp. Gaz. 16 July 307/2 Hos.-Scho. winning the toss batted first on a plum wicket, scoring 97 all out.

1946 J. Moore Brensham Village ii. 87 Brensham was all out for seventy-nine and the teams came in to tea.

1976 N. S. Ramaswami Indian Cricket x. 71 Kashmir were all out for 159 in their second innings to lose the match by ten wickets.

2009 Independent (Nexis) 11 Nov. (Sport section) 60 England slumped from 71 for 4 to 89 all out.

a. In a manner that involves using all one's energy or determination; fully, wholeheartedly. Esp. in to go all out: to do something as fast or energetically as possible; to put all one's efforts into achieving a specified end; to try one's hardest, to do one's utmost.

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the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > acting vigorously or energetically [phrase] > with great vigour or energy > with utmost vigour

full tilt?a1600

all out1840

full out1886

full vent1927

flat out1932

at full stretch1934

balls-out1959

the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swiftly [phrase] > at full speed

full speed1382

with topsailc1400

at spursa1500

on (also upon) the (spurs or) spur1525

amain1555

a main pace (also speed)1567

full tilt?a1600

upon full stretch1697

at full tilt1713

at (also on) full speed1749

(at) full split1836

full chisel1837

(at) full pelt1841

full swing1843

ventre à terre1848

full out1886

at full lick1889

hell-for-leather1889

all out1895

eyes out1895

flat out1932

1840 Fraser's Mag. Oct. 434/1 There was those..as thought that he'd have gone all out for a soldier, but for the mother and sisters.

1847 A. C. Key Narr. Recovery of H.M.S. Gorgon 111 Not being satisfied with the exact portion that might secure some inferior present circumstance, but working all out for future occasion.

1895 Windsor Mag. 1 120/1 There is no fun in going all-out.

1925 N. E. Odell in E. F. Norton et al. Fight for Everest: 1924 143 Irvine..was willing..to ‘go all out’, as he put it, in an utmost effort to reach the top.

1928 J. Galsworthy Swan Song ii. vi. 149 He..made up his mind to go ‘all out’ for his Uncle Hilary's slum-conversion scheme.

1940 War Illustr. 16 Feb. 110/1 Germany wants oil..but if she is to go all out for victory she must have at least 10,000,000 tons a year.

1975 P. White Let. 13 July (1994) xii. 459 I'm working all out..to finish my novel before next Easter.

1991 M. Mantle My Favorite Summer: 1956 iv. 54 Slaughter had made a great reputation for himself as a guy who played all out, all the time.

2006 Touch Dec. 74 Girls, cut the guy a break. He's trying so hard, he's gone all out to please.

b. Of a car, aeroplane, etc.: at full capacity; at top speed.

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the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adverb] > at, in, or to maximum amount or degree

maximally1884

all out1919

maximumly1949

max1962

maximum1983

1919 Punch 19 Mar. 216/2 The car..bolted down-hill all out.

1938 E. Waugh Scoop iii. 60 One screw [of an aeroplane] swinging slow, one spinning faster, one totally invisible, roaring all-out.

1971 ‘H. Calvin’ Poison Chasers vii. 90 Dai was pushing the Land Rover all out, but it was still too slow for me.

2002 Tampa Bay Mag. Sept. 61/2 The power-assisted rack and pinion steering..make this a car you will want to drive all out.

†B. n.

In form all-out. An act of draining one's drink; a drink that is consumed in full. Cf. sense A. 1b. Obsolete. rare.

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the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [noun] > drinking deeply or copiously

quaffing1533

glut1541

carouse1559

quaff1579

all out1582

carousing1582

skolinga1599

supernaculum1622

swig1622

waughting1637

kelty1664

swigging1702

waught1721

toot1787

willie-waught1826

swiping1833

swipe1866

bottomer1876

1582 S. Batman Vppon Bartholome, De Proprietatibus Rerum xvii. cxv. f. 308^v/2 (Addition) Some so well like of the tast, that they drinke three all-outs: the drink out of the pot, the wit out of the head, and all their moneye forth of theyr purse.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Alluz All-out; or a carouse fully drunk up.

C. adj.

Usually in form all-out. Carried out with or involving the utmost effort; vigorous. Hence: total, complete; full-blown.

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the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adjective] > extremely vigorous

Herculean1596

humming1654

whithering1828

survigrous1835

all out1893

whizz-bang1919

full out1920

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adjective] > utter or absolute

shirea1225

purec1300

properc1380

plainc1395

cleana1400

fine?a1400

entirec1400

veryc1400

starka1425

utterc1430

utterlyc1440

merec1443

absolute1531

outright1532

cleara1535

bloodyc1540

unproachable1544

flat1553

downright1577

sheer1583

right-down?1586

single1590

peremptory1601

perfecta1616

downa1625

implicit1625

every way1628

blank1637

out-and-outa1642

errant1644

inaccessional1651

thorough-paced1651

even down1654

dead1660

double-dyed1667

through stitch1681

through-stitched1682

total1702

thoroughgoing1719

thorough-sped1730

regular1740

plumb1748

hollow1751

unextenuated1765

unmitigated1783

stick, stock, stone dead1796

positive1802

rank1809

heart-whole1823

skire1825

solid1830

fair1835

teetotal1840

bodacious1845

raw1856

literal1857

resounding1873

roaring1884

all out1893

fucking1893

pink1896

twenty-four carat1900

grand slam1915

stone1928

diabolical1933

fricking1937

righteous1940

fecking1952

raving1954

1893 Birmingham Daily Post 22 June 5/6 With Shancrotha's all out attempt to reach Seaton Delaval proving futile, the last-named won by a length.

1895 Cycling 23 Nov. 292/1 With a short, all-out effort, that finished with a sort of spring at the tape,..he lands home.

1908 Westm. Gaz. 29 Sept. 4/2 To put a vehicle to an all-out test.

1955 A. L. Rowse Expansion of Elizabethan Eng. vii. 261 Not committing herself to an all-out war in Europe.

1994 Minnesota Monthly Aug. 75/3 (advt.) We keep the excitement going year round with..special events full of music, food and all-out fun.

2006 Mirror (Nexis) 22 Nov. 62 Pre-match promises of all-out attack proved to be no more than tactical bluff.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	all out
释义	all outadv.n.adj. Brit. /ˌɔːl ˈaʊt/, U.S. /ˈɔl ˌaʊt/, /ˈɑl ˌaʊt/ Forms: see all adj., pron., n., adv., and conj. and out adv., int., and prep. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: all adv., out adv. Etymology: < all adv. + out adv. Compare Old Frisian alūt, Middle Dutch al ūte (Dutch (now regional and rare) aluit), Middle Low German al ūt, al ūte entirely, completely.In to drink (it) all out at sense A. 1b originally after Middle Dutch alūt drinken, in later use chiefly after German gar aus trinken (see carouse adv.). Compare Middle French boire à lut (1539; also boire alut (1580; < Dutch)), boire allus (1546 in Rabelais in boire caros et allus ; probably < an unattested early modern German form allaus ; for caros* , see carouse adv.). With the use as noun compare carouse n. 2. In early use as adverb also written as one word. A. adv. 1. a. adv. Entirely, completely, totally. Also as an intensifier. Now chiefly Irish English and English regional (northern). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > completely [phrase] > altogether, entirely, or completely bedenec1175 all outc1300 downrightc1330 downrightsc1330 at alla1375 whole together1551 in all sorts1559 right out1578 clear1600 neck and heels1647 to rights1663 head over ears1774 neck and crop1791 fair and square1870 in total1965 the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > greatly or very much [phrase] > utter > utterly all outc1300 out and outc1300 at all devicec1385 to devicec1385 right out?1543 up to the chin1546 up to the eyes1607 upsy Friese1609 up to the (or one's) eyebrowsa1627 all hollow1762 (immersed, steeped) to the lipsa1822 all ends up1850 fair and square1870 right spang1884 to the wide1895 a (also one) hundred per cent1911 c1300 Life & Martyrdom Thomas Becket (Harl. 2277) (1845) l. 1938 The lawes of his lond alout riȝt withsede. a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) (1891) l. 2935 Now haue I declared thee all oute Of that thou were in drede and doute. a1500 Partenay (Trin. Cambr.) l. 866 Thay approched Columbere toun al-oute. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xi. xvi. 19 To mekil all out sa cruel punyssing. 1567 T. Drant tr. Horace Satyrs in tr. Horace Arte Poetrie sig. Nviii I kepe one staye, writinge (they saye) in melancholie moode, Like Lucill, sauing that my witte, is not all out so good. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. ii. xv. 10 The other planets..not all out foure moneths apeece. 1656 R. Sanderson 20 Serm. viii. 164 Our conversation..cannot be all out so free and familiar. 1749 Universal Mag. May 213/1 The Flying fish is not all out so big as a Herring, nor by much so bony. 1835 M. Doyle Common Sense for Common People 18 Bench..Were you drunk? Tom. Not all out, I could keep my feet on the floor. 1852 W. R. Wilde Irish Pop. Superstitions iv. 121 In the islands of the extreme west, except from sheer old age, or some very ostensible cause, no-one is ever believed to ‘die all out’. 1885 M. W. Hungerford Maiden all Forlorn III. 3 ‘I haven't any time for a chat,’ he says, glancing at his watch. ‘It is seven all out.’ 1914 J. Joyce Dubliners 87 That was Ignatius Gallaher all out. 1928 A. E. Pease Dial. N. Riding Yorks. 3/1 ‘Yon's t'best on 'em.’—‘Aye, all-owt.’ b. to drink (it) all out: to drink a whole tankard of wine, beer, etc.; to drain one's drink; to down a drink in one go (now historical). Hence: to drink copious amounts of alcohol. Also in extended use. Cf. to drink carouse at carouse adv.Now merging with sense A. 4a. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [verb (intransitive)] > drink intoxicating liquor > freely wassailc1300 waught?a1513 quaff1520 to drink (it) all outa1522 bibblea1529 quaught1530 to set cock on the hoopa1535 quass1549 tipple1560 swillc1563 carouse1567 to drink, quaff (pledge one) carouse1567 troll-the-bowl1575 to take one's rousea1593 pot1622 tope1668 toot1676 compotate1694 to soak one's clay (or face)1704 birlea1800 to splice the mainbrace1805 jollify1830 brimmer1838 to give it a bit of a nudge1966 nudge1966 a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) i. xi. 63 He merely ressavis the remand tays, All owt he drank, and quhelmyt the gold on his face. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 676/2 I quaught, I drinke all out. Je boys dautant. a1549 A. Borde Fyrst Bk. Introd. Knowl. (1870) 151 There be many good felowes, the whyche wyll drynke all out. 1605 R. Verstegan Restit. Decayed Intelligence i. 13 To say drink a Garaus..which is to say All out. 1618 W. P. tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. IV. 928 Some haue litle bels hanging at their cups, by the ringing therof to shew their valor in drinking al out. 1658 J. Eliot Poems 96 Some swell with fat, and some consume, But they are sound that drink all out. 1708 J. Philips in Oxf. & Cambr. Misc. Poems 322 We'll drink the Universe dry; We'll set Foot to Foot, and drink it all out, If once we grow sober we die. 1728 Authentick Relation Hardships of Dutch Sailor 25 He [sc. the turtle] had likewise a great deal of Water in his Bladder, which I drank all out. 1893 W. F. Smith tr. F. Rabelais Pantagruel in Wks. I. 382 I am not one of those importunate Huff-snuffs..who by Force..constrain the..Comrades to drink, nay, to carouse and drink all out, which is worse. 1911 E. D. Longman & S. Loch Pins & Pincushions vi. 95 To drink ‘garaux’ is to drink ‘all out’, hence ‘carouse’. 1989 S. Peele in D. J. Hanson Preventing Alcohol Abuse (1995) iii. 74 As alcohol was eliminated from the ordinary daily routines of the middle class, when people did drink, they were more likely to go on binges where they drank all out. 2. a. Completely finished, exhausted; at an end. Cf. out adv. 21a. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > [adverb] > no more neverthemorec1330 ne'er the more1509 all out?c1690 ?c1690 Couragious Seamens Loyal Health (single sheet) We'll Drink his Royal Health about, And when the Liquor is all out, Boys, wash then and fill again. 1724 ‘C. Johnson’ Gen. Hist. Pyrates iii. 89 Rum all out... So I look'd sharp for a Prize;—such a Day took one, with a great deal of Liquor on Board..then all Things went well again. 1799 Edinb. Mag. 27/1 When the brandy or the beer is all out, they then guzzle down the dregs. 1864 E. Marshall Katie's Work iv. 46 ‘The beer is all out, father,’ was Katie's reply; ‘I drew the last for you last night.’ 1901 J. Barnes Great War Trek with Brit. Army of Veldt Introd. p. ix Cigarettes are all out. b. (a) all out of: entirely lacking (a commodity, etc., previously or normally possessed). Cf. out of prep. 13. ΚΠ ?1780 Three Excellent Songs 3 The cry of our country's they're all out of silver. 1844 S. C. Edgarton in Rose of Sharon 80 I hate to trouble you—but just now I'm all out of change. 1894 Waterloo (Iowa) Daily Courier 21 Feb. 1/2 We are all out of meat, and I've nothing to eat. 1910 H. Garland Cavanagh viii. 136 I'm all out of smokes; get me a box, that's a good old soul. 1946 R. Molloy Uneasy Spring iii. 201 Wish I had the stuff to make Martinis. I'm all out of gin. 1977 Washington Post 17 May b1/5 86 means you're all out of something or you cut some guy off. 2001 M. Blake 24 Karat Schmooze i. 12 They were all out of drink except for a suspicious bottle of Sangria that someone had brought back from Majorca the previous summer. (b) Having reached the complete end of one's supply; totally out of stock. Cf. out adv. 21b. ΚΠ 1829 Casket Apr. 159/2 I wonder whether he has got a drop of the crathur on board..for we're all out here! 1893 Chautauquan Aug. 568/2 Have you any matches, mother? I'm all out. Thanks! 1905 ‘H. Castlemon’ Struggle for Fortune vii. 107 But we must get some powder and shot for that. I am all out. 1926 Pop. Mech. Jan. 183/2 Please ship this order of Supers at once as I am all out and parties are waiting for them. 1946 Life 25 Mar. 116/1 See your dealer. If he is all out, mail the coupon now! 2006 D. Trussoni Falling through Earth (2007) x. 188 ‘Hey, girl. Mind if I bum a smoke?’ Lolly narrowed her eyes. ‘Do I look like a vending machine?’ Suzie shrugged. ‘Sorry. I'm all out.’ 3. Cricket. With all the batting side having been dismissed by the fielding side; with the innings of the batting side having come to an end after the loss of all the side’s wickets. Cf. out adv. 17c. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > [adverb] > in or out out1609 ina1672 not out1777 all out1833 1833 New Sporting Mag. Sept. 326 Now Barker's bowl'd out—Baker caught—Yet, still they seem to flow on. ‘What, not all out?’ 1851 J. Pycroft Cricket Field xi. 217 A friend..put his adversaries in second innings for seven runs to tie, and got all out for five! 1888 Oxf. Mag. 6 June 407/2 The team did not do so well as they ought on a hard wicket, and were all out for 210. 1904 Guy's Hosp. Gaz. 16 July 307/2 Hos.-Scho. winning the toss batted first on a plum wicket, scoring 97 all out. 1946 J. Moore Brensham Village ii. 87 Brensham was all out for seventy-nine and the teams came in to tea. 1976 N. S. Ramaswami Indian Cricket x. 71 Kashmir were all out for 159 in their second innings to lose the match by ten wickets. 2009 Independent (Nexis) 11 Nov. (Sport section) 60 England slumped from 71 for 4 to 89 all out. 4. a. In a manner that involves using all one's energy or determination; fully, wholeheartedly. Esp. in to go all out: to do something as fast or energetically as possible; to put all one's efforts into achieving a specified end; to try one's hardest, to do one's utmost. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > acting vigorously or energetically [phrase] > with great vigour or energy > with utmost vigour full tilt?a1600 all out1840 full out1886 full vent1927 flat out1932 at full stretch1934 balls-out1959 the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swiftly [phrase] > at full speed full speed1382 with topsailc1400 at spursa1500 on (also upon) the (spurs or) spur1525 amain1555 a main pace (also speed)1567 full tilt?a1600 upon full stretch1697 at full tilt1713 at (also on) full speed1749 (at) full split1836 full chisel1837 (at) full pelt1841 full swing1843 ventre à terre1848 full out1886 at full lick1889 hell-for-leather1889 all out1895 eyes out1895 flat out1932 1840 Fraser's Mag. Oct. 434/1 There was those..as thought that he'd have gone all out for a soldier, but for the mother and sisters. 1847 A. C. Key Narr. Recovery of H.M.S. Gorgon 111 Not being satisfied with the exact portion that might secure some inferior present circumstance, but working all out for future occasion. 1895 Windsor Mag. 1 120/1 There is no fun in going all-out. 1925 N. E. Odell in E. F. Norton et al. Fight for Everest: 1924 143 Irvine..was willing..to ‘go all out’, as he put it, in an utmost effort to reach the top. 1928 J. Galsworthy Swan Song ii. vi. 149 He..made up his mind to go ‘all out’ for his Uncle Hilary's slum-conversion scheme. 1940 War Illustr. 16 Feb. 110/1 Germany wants oil..but if she is to go all out for victory she must have at least 10,000,000 tons a year. 1975 P. White Let. 13 July (1994) xii. 459 I'm working all out..to finish my novel before next Easter. 1991 M. Mantle My Favorite Summer: 1956 iv. 54 Slaughter had made a great reputation for himself as a guy who played all out, all the time. 2006 Touch Dec. 74 Girls, cut the guy a break. He's trying so hard, he's gone all out to please. b. Of a car, aeroplane, etc.: at full capacity; at top speed. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adverb] > at, in, or to maximum amount or degree maximally1884 all out1919 maximumly1949 max1962 maximum1983 1919 Punch 19 Mar. 216/2 The car..bolted down-hill all out. 1938 E. Waugh Scoop iii. 60 One screw [of an aeroplane] swinging slow, one spinning faster, one totally invisible, roaring all-out. 1971 ‘H. Calvin’ Poison Chasers vii. 90 Dai was pushing the Land Rover all out, but it was still too slow for me. 2002 Tampa Bay Mag. Sept. 61/2 The power-assisted rack and pinion steering..make this a car you will want to drive all out. †B. n. In form all-out. An act of draining one's drink; a drink that is consumed in full. Cf. sense A. 1b. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [noun] > drinking deeply or copiously quaffing1533 glut1541 carouse1559 quaff1579 all out1582 carousing1582 skolinga1599 supernaculum1622 swig1622 waughting1637 kelty1664 swigging1702 waught1721 toot1787 willie-waught1826 swiping1833 swipe1866 bottomer1876 1582 S. Batman Vppon Bartholome, De Proprietatibus Rerum xvii. cxv. f. 308^v/2 (Addition) Some so well like of the tast, that they drinke three all-outs: the drink out of the pot, the wit out of the head, and all their moneye forth of theyr purse. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Alluz All-out; or a carouse fully drunk up. C. adj. Usually in form all-out. Carried out with or involving the utmost effort; vigorous. Hence: total, complete; full-blown. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adjective] > extremely vigorous Herculean1596 humming1654 whithering1828 survigrous1835 all out1893 whizz-bang1919 full out1920 the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adjective] > utter or absolute shirea1225 purec1300 properc1380 plainc1395 cleana1400 fine?a1400 entirec1400 veryc1400 starka1425 utterc1430 utterlyc1440 merec1443 absolute1531 outright1532 cleara1535 bloodyc1540 unproachable1544 flat1553 downright1577 sheer1583 right-down?1586 single1590 peremptory1601 perfecta1616 downa1625 implicit1625 every way1628 blank1637 out-and-outa1642 errant1644 inaccessional1651 thorough-paced1651 even down1654 dead1660 double-dyed1667 through stitch1681 through-stitched1682 total1702 thoroughgoing1719 thorough-sped1730 regular1740 plumb1748 hollow1751 unextenuated1765 unmitigated1783 stick, stock, stone dead1796 positive1802 rank1809 heart-whole1823 skire1825 solid1830 fair1835 teetotal1840 bodacious1845 raw1856 literal1857 resounding1873 roaring1884 all out1893 fucking1893 pink1896 twenty-four carat1900 grand slam1915 stone1928 diabolical1933 fricking1937 righteous1940 fecking1952 raving1954 1893 Birmingham Daily Post 22 June 5/6 With Shancrotha's all out attempt to reach Seaton Delaval proving futile, the last-named won by a length. 1895 Cycling 23 Nov. 292/1 With a short, all-out effort, that finished with a sort of spring at the tape,..he lands home. 1908 Westm. Gaz. 29 Sept. 4/2 To put a vehicle to an all-out test. 1955 A. L. Rowse Expansion of Elizabethan Eng. vii. 261 Not committing herself to an all-out war in Europe. 1994 Minnesota Monthly Aug. 75/3 (advt.) We keep the excitement going year round with..special events full of music, food and all-out fun. 2006 Mirror (Nexis) 22 Nov. 62 Pre-match promises of all-out attack proved to be no more than tactical bluff. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.n.adj.c1300
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