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English Phrase: (As) all get out
Dare I say it?
Christmas is just around the corner.
Soon, everyone in North America will be as busy as everyone else.
They will be clicking at Amazon and in malls across the continent shopping so quickly that the plastic credit cards will melt.
I hope you are not getting confused by the phrase because it adds extreme emphasis to the word that comes before it.
What I mean is that if someone is ‘busy as all get out,’ then they are super, super busy.
You’re as busy as a bee in a hive of activity and have no time to add anything else to your to-do list.
If you are going to study for the TOEIC, TOEFL or Step test, then you should study as all get out or study with all your effort.
If you are going to do something, you might as well do your best.
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