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All get out

Posted by Edward Putnam on February 07, 2010 at 09:38

"All get out". I believe has its origins in the idiomatic use of the word "ought" - as in 'duty' or 'what's coming to me'. Northern England: "I took out this bird, 'til I realized I wouldn't get ought from her".

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