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: 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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Akiva Gottlieb, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2025
This Falcons’ front seven will emphasize all-out effort with lots of rotation, Ollie said.
—Josh Kendall, New York Times, 22 May 2025
Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 3 June 2025
In a very short period of time, Trump had decided to go back in time to roughly 100 years ago when Europe meant nothing to us other than rapacious capitalists and communists all out to get us and drag us in to their nefarious ways.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 27 May 2025
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Adjective
Season 4 tweaks the formula by ratcheting up the tension, finding Deborah and Ava in a state of all-out war.
—Akiva Gottlieb, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2025
This Falcons’ front seven will emphasize all-out effort with lots of rotation, Ollie said.
—Josh Kendall, New York Times, 22 May 2025
Adverb
So McDonald’s is going all out with the Snack Wrap hype.
—Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 3 June 2025
In a very short period of time, Trump had decided to go back in time to roughly 100 years ago when Europe meant nothing to us other than rapacious capitalists and communists all out to get us and drag us in to their nefarious ways.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 27 May 2025
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“All-out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/all-out. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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