I heard someone say the phrase "as all get up" and it made me wonder how it got it's meaning. I'm not even too sure of the meaning or I would use it in a sentence for an example. Does anybody know where this phrase originated from and how it is supposed to be used?
2006-10-06 08:54:56 · 3 answers · asked by whiskeyharrison 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
From Phrases.Org:
"Here's the OED definition of "get-out": "1. Phr. as or like (all) get-out, used to indicate a high degree of something." The parenthesis around "all" is there because as early as 1869 the phrase "as getout" was used in the way "as all getout" is now. The first appearance of "all" in the phrase is, according to the OED, in Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn (1884). But as for origin, the OED is not much help. It's obviously connected somehow to "get out" as "leave" or "escape." It brings to mind the use of the phrase, "Get out of here!" This phrase is often used to express astonishment, sort of a synonym of "You can't be serious!" I don't mean that there's a connection between the two phrases, only that in both phrases "get out" has wildly morphed in terms of meaning."
2006-10-06 10:24:21 · answer #1 · answered by Yahzmin ♥♥ 4ever 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The phrase is actually supposed to be "as all get out."
2006-10-06 16:03:20 · answer #2 · answered by ♥ady_8e_80♥ 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"as all get out"
You are as crazy as "all get out!"
I was as sick as "all get out!"
I am as broke as "all get out!"
It was as quiet as "all get out" in that Funeral home.
It is a phrase of EXTREME.
Crazier than crazy.
Sicker than sick.
More broke than just broke, in the hole broke.
Quieter than just quiet, beyond silence.
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2006-10-06 17:55:21 · answer #3 · answered by DA R 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋