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be-all and end-all definition

be·-all· and end·-all (bē′ôl′ ənd end′ôl′)

  1. a thing or person regarded as incapable of improvement; acme; ultimate
  2. chief or all-important element

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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