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to go balls deep, or to give it your all. to try really hard and give a situation 100% of your attention "man, pedro really goes all-out"
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Giving as much effort as possible; not holding back.
'All' refers to everything, and 'out' is an intensifier. So 'all-out' means 'everything and more'. 1) Karen went all-out in the race, and won a gold medal.
2) Captain Barne's final act was to order an all-out assault on the fortress. |
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not hold anything back, sparing nothing Both sides went all-out when the game started.
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