1
: made with maximum effort : thoroughgoing
an all-out effort to win the contest
: with full determination or enthusiasm : with maximum effort
—used chiefly in the phrase go all out
Examples of all-out in a Sentence
Adjective
Grandpa got the all-out support of the family when he decided to remarry at age 72
an all-out effort to break open the door
Adverb
went all out for her New Year's Eve party—she even had fireworks!
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Robert Frank, CNBC, 17 Apr. 2025
President Donald Trump's administration has stressed that the U.S. economy will be able to fare better than China's should the ongoing back-and-forth with tariffs transform into an all-out trade war.
—Matt Robison, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Apr. 2025
Dev Patnaik, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
He was praised for letting it all out; she was ridiculed.
—Jon Pareles, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
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Adjective
More likely than an all-out boycott, say attorneys, is a new era in which taxpayers and their accountants push the envelope with aggressive tax-planning techniques that may escape the review of an understaffed agency.
—Robert Frank, CNBC, 17 Apr. 2025
President Donald Trump's administration has stressed that the U.S. economy will be able to fare better than China's should the ongoing back-and-forth with tariffs transform into an all-out trade war.
—Matt Robison, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Apr. 2025
Adverb
The goal was to get it all out of our heads and onto the board.
—Dev Patnaik, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
He was praised for letting it all out; she was ridiculed.
—Jon Pareles, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
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“All-out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/all-out. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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