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all-out

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

all-out Informal
adj
using one's maximum powers an all-out effort
adv all out
to one's maximum effort or capacity he went all out on the home stretch
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.all-out - using all available resources; "all-out war"; "a full-scale campaign against nuclear power plants"
complete - having every necessary or normal part or component or step; "a complete meal"; "a complete wardrobe"; "a complete set of the Britannica"; "a complete set of china"; "a complete defeat"; "a complete accounting"

all-out all out
adverb energetically, hard, strongly, sharply, heavily, severely, fiercely, vigorously, intensely, violently, powerfully, forcibly, forcefully, with all your might, with might and main We will be going all out to make sure it doesn't happen again.
Translations
all-out [ˈɔːlˈaʊt]
A. ADJ [effort] → supremo; [attack] → con máxima fuerza
all-out strikehuelga f general
all-out war (Mil) → guerra f total, conflicto m bélico generalizado (fig) → guerra f total
B. all out ADV
see all C2
all-out [ˌɔːlˈaʊt] adj (attack) → con tutti i mezzi a disposizione; (effort) → totale
to make an all-out effort to do sth → impegnare tutte le proprie energie per fare qc


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