YourDictionary

Dictionary Home » Phrase Meanings » as all getout

What does "as all getout" mean?

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]

link/cite print suggestion box