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get-out Definition


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get-out
noun
    1a. A means or instance of escape;

      Example: a get-out clause
    2a. theat.
      The dismantling and removal of all scenery, props, lighting, etc at the end of a run;
    2b. theat.
      The total weekly cost of a production.
Idiom: as all get-out
    colloq
    (emphasizing the preceding adjective) as can be.
      Example: as drunk as all get-out


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