of all people
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- (idiomatic) Especially; more than other people
- 1839, The works of the Reverend John Wesley, A.M.:
- You of all people have most need of perfect love; because this alone casts out fear
- 1908, H. Rider Haggard, The Yellow God:
- What have you, of all people in the world, got to do with it?
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Further reading edit
- “of all people”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “of all people” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
- “of all people”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.