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all told
adverb
(sentence modifier) taking every one into account; in all
we were seven all told
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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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“Every so often a helicopter will land in the car park and we’re all told we can’t go outside in case we get swept away,” Salters said with a chuckle.
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Some of the most traumatic moments of Megan’s life like her mom’s death, the 2020 shooting and subsequent trial are all told through animation.
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It was, all told, “a carnival of grievances, misogyny and racism,” as The New York Times put it.
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“They all told me, ‘Good luck with that.’”
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May repeatedly rejected Williams’ ideas; all told, Williams wrote more than 50 songs for the film, only a few of which saw daylight.
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