all rights

English

Etymology

From all right +‎ -s.

Interjection

all rights

1. (colloquial, rare) Alternative form of all right.
   • 1917, Margaret Widdemer, chapter 1, in Winona of Camp Karonya, New York, N.Y.: A. L. Burt Company, →OCLC, page 28:

     “And why on earth don’t you take it outdoors to do? This is too nice a day to waste upstairs in a bedroom.” / “We might, now it’s all cut out,” answered Bessie. “Shall we, girls?” / “All rights, let’s,” they agreed.

   • 1968 February 29, Herman Talmadge, quotee, “Statement of Hon. R[obert] B[allard] Tootell, Governor, Farm Credit Administration”, in FHA Loans to Cooperatives: Hearing Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, United States Senate, Ninetieth Congress, Second Session, on S. 1971, […], Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 13:

     All rights. Let’s get to the specific issue now.

   • 1976, Sterling Hayden, “The Caldron”, in Voyage: A Novel of 1896, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, →ISBN, book 2 (The Passage South), page 171:

     “Froze ’em how?” / “I had me a dory trawler—sir. Out of Gloucester.” / “Yeah? You did, eh?” The second mate seemed bemused. “All rights. Yer in my watch now.”