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Definition of "all-out" []

  • Using all available means or resources: an all-out sprint; an all-out conservation program. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "all-out" in a sentence
  • "James Clifton defines what he calls an "all-out global war for good jobs.""
  • "It uses a four-cylinder Honda engine and eschews all creature comforts in the name of all-out performance."
  • "In our house, the potty battles escalated until we were engaged in what could only be called an all-out potty war!"