get-out
[ get-out ]
/ ˈgɛtˌaʊt /
noun
Commerce.
the break-even point.
Chiefly British.
a method or maneuver used to escape a difficult or embarrassing situation; cop-out: The scoundrel has used that get-out once too often.
Idioms for get-out
as all get-out, Informal.
in the extreme; to the utmost degree: Once his mind is made up, he can be stubborn as all get-out.
Origin of get-out
First recorded in 1880–85; noun use of verb phrase
get out
Words nearby get-out
get wind of,
get wise to,
get with it,
get-at-able,
get-go,
get-out,
get-together,
get-tough,
get-up,
get-up-and-go,
get-well
Idioms and Phrases with as all getout
as all getout
To the ultimate degree, as in She made him furious as all getout. The American writer Joseph C. Neal had it in his Character Sketches (1838): “We look as elegant and as beautiful as get out.” Today it always includes all. [Colloquial; first half of 1800s]