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all idiom
In addition to the idioms beginning with all, also see above all; after all; against all odds; as all getout; at all; at all costs; be-all and end-all; beat all; by all accounts; by all means; by all odds; cap it all; fall all over; firing on all cylinders; first of all; for all; for all I care; for all I know; for all one's worth; for all that; get away (from it all); get one's act (it all) together; go all the way; have all one's buttons; have it all over someone; have it both ways (all); hit on all cylinders; hold all the aces; in a (all of a) dither; in all; in all good conscience; in all one's born days; in all probability; (all) in the same boat; it's all downhill from here; it's all over with; it takes all sorts; jump all over; know all the answers; know-it-all; laugh all the way to the bank; least of all; let it all hang out; not all it's cracked up to be; not at all; not for all the tea in china; no time at all; of all the nerve; of all things; once and for all; one and all; pull out all the stops; put all one's eggs in one basket; seen one, seen them all; till all hours; to all intents and purposes; (all) to the good; turn out all right; walk all over; warts and all; when all's said and done; with all due respect; with all one's heart; you can't win them all.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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