as all getout



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]
See also: all

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Eliyyahue-lee-YAH-hooHebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Alexandriaal-əg-ZAN-dree-əEnglish
Desislava-Bulgarian, Medieval Slavic
BetelgeuseBEE-təl-joos (English)Astronomy
AshtonASH-tənEnglish
Apoloniaah-paw-LAWN-yah (Polish)Spanish, Polish