all out

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all out (not comparable)

Synonym of out (intensive but synonymous).
—Do you have any more of those heirloom tomatoes? —Sorry, we're all out.
(cricket) The state of a side having no more men to bat, thus ending its innings.
Alternative form of all-out (“comprehensive: using every means or covering every aspect”)

all out (comparative more all out, superlative most all out)

(idiomatic) With maximum effort.
(idiomatic) Without regard for risk.
(idiomatic) Altogether; by far.
- 1840, The Sea: Narratives of Adventure and Shipwreck, Tales and Sketches:
  Oh, bedad! He was all out the worst sight ever came across ould Ireland
- 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:
  Intemperate Venus is all out as bad in the other extreame^[sic].

with maximum effort

without regard for risk