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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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51Թ 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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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.

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Lee's win, he adds, shows that voters had put South Korea's democracy "above all else".

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But above all, it’s a brand built on Walt Disney’s blueprint— not just to entertain, but to make the audience feel.

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"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.

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“Charter has really impressed us above all others with the way they have spent capital,” Taylor said.

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