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Help with origin of phrase

Posted by Sherrie on October 11, 2001

kick out the jambs -- meaning, to go all out. has anybody else ever heard this? i've used it but don't know where I picked it up. when I started asking around in my new hometown, no one had heard of the phrase. actually, one person said he'd heard it but didn't know what it meant. help!!!!!