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View synonyms for above all

above all

[ uh-buhv awl ]

idiom

  1. most important of all; before everything else; chiefly:

    Above all, the little girl wanted a piano.

    He said that, above all else, he was a dad of two young children.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of above all1

First recorded in 1350–1400
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Idioms and Phrases

More than anything else, as in A winter hike calls for good equipment, but above all it requires careful planning . This phrase first appears in William Langland's Piers Ploughman (1377), in which the narrator exhorts readers to love the Lord God above all. Also see first and last .
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Example Sentences

It gives you such a high-up-above-all-your-earthly-ills feeling!

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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