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above all
[uh-buhv awl]
idiom
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.
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of above all1
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That is, historically, what presidents have done: Facing volatile circumstances, confronting crises, they summon the powers of their office to explain, to ameliorate, to reassure and above all, to try to calm the situation.
Lee's win, he adds, shows that voters had put South Korea's democracy "above all else".
But above all, it’s a brand built on Walt Disney’s blueprint— not just to entertain, but to make the audience feel.
"There is nothing Labour about accepting the cost of this economic but, above all, social crisis, paid for in people's life chances and living standards," she said.
“Charter has really impressed us above all others with the way they have spent capital,” Taylor said.
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