all-out

[awl-out]
adjective
using all one's resources; complete; total: an all-out effort.

Origin:
1905–10; adj. use of all out utterly, completely, Middle English al out


unstinting, exhaustive, unremitting.
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all-out
 
adj
1.  using one's maximum powers: an all-out effort
 
adv
2.  to one's maximum effort or capacity: he went all out on the home stretch

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All-out is always a great word to know.
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a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
Example sentences
Wal-Mart has responded with an all-out push meant to overwhelm and outmaneuver
  its far less deep-pocketed opposition.
The immune system then kicks in, and the body and the virus wage all-out war.
Neither side wears uniforms, but it is an all-out war for valuable territory.
It's an all-out commitment to keeping our promises to the seniors and the sick.
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