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ALL meanings of all out

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  • adjective all out not currently stylish, fashionable, or in vogue: Fitted waistlines are out this season. 1
  • adjective all out finished; ended: before the week is out. 1
  • adjective all out inoperative; extinguished: The elevator is out. Are the lights out? 1
  • adjective all out no longer having or holding a job, public office, etc.; unemployed; disengaged (usually followed by of): to be out of work. 1
  • adjective all out removed from or not in effective operation, play, a turn at bat, or the like, as in a game: He's out for the season because of an injury. 1
  • adjective all out wanting; lacking; without: We had some but now we're out. 1
  • adjective all out not at one's home or place of employment; absent: I stopped by to visit you last night, but you were out. 1
  • adjective all out external; exterior; outer. 1
  • adverb all out to a point or state of extinction, nonexistence, etc.: to blow out the candle; a practice on the way out. 1
  • adverb all out to a state of exhaustion, extinction, or depletion: to pump a well out. 1
  • adverb all out in or into the outdoors: to go out for a walk. 1
  • adverb all out away from one's home, country, work, etc., as specified: to go out of town. 1
  • adverb all out away from, or not in, the normal or usual place, position, state, etc.: out of alphabetical order; to go out to dinner. 1
  • noun all out Northern British Dialect. an outing. 1
  • noun all out Printing. the omission of a word or words. the word or words omitted. 1
  • noun all out something that is out, as a projecting corner. 1
  • noun all out (in tennis, squash, handball, etc.) a return or service that does not land within the in-bounds limits of a court or section of a court (opposed to in). 1
  • noun all out Baseball. a put-out. 1
  • noun all out Usually, outs. persons not in office or political power (distinguished from in). 1
  • noun all out a person who lacks status, power, or authority, especially in relation to a particular group or situation. 1
  • noun all out a means of escape or excuse, as from a place, punishment, retribution, responsibility, etc.: He always left himself an out. 1
  • adjective all out of or relating to the playing of the first nine holes of an 18-hole golf course (opposed to in): His out score on the second round was 33. 1
  • adjective all out Cricket. not having its innings: the out side. 1
  • adjective all out located at a distance; outlying: We sailed to six of the out islands. 1
  • adjective all out not available, plentiful, etc.: Mums are out till next fall. 1
  • adjective all out (cricket) The state of a side having no more men to bat, thus ending its innings. 0
  • adverb all out (Idiomatic) With maximum effort. 0
  • adverb all out (Idiomatic) Without regard for risk. 0
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