as all get-out

• as all get out
• as get-out (archaic)

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as all get-out (not comparable)

1. (idiomatic, informal, simile) Extremely; to a superlative degree; very much.
   • 1955 December 31, Billboard, page 9:

     Miss Collins looks pretty as all get out on a club floor, much more so than a frequent TV camera shot would lead you to suppose.

   • 1968 October 12, Paul Zindel, chapter 10, in The Pigman:

     John and I got over to the house around eight o’clock and were all set to watch a television show when we noticed Mr. Pignati was sad as all get out.

Always pronounced with stress on get.