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View synonyms for all told

all told

adverb

  1. sentence modifier taking every one into account; in all

    we were seven all told

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Idioms and Phrases

Added up, in summation, as in The ferry will hold 80 passengers all told , or All told, his proposal makes some good points . This idiom, first recorded in 1850, uses the verb tell in the sense of “count.”
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Example Sentences

Today, Bravo has some six or so hours, all-told, of Atlanta Housewives programming action.

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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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