all that
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Noun
edit- That, and everything similar; all of that kind of thing; and so on, et cetera. [from 15th c.]
- 1714, Alexander Pope, The Rape of the Lock: An Heroi-Comical Poem. In Five Canto's. [sic], Second Edition, London: Bernard Lintott, Canto III, p. 20[1]:
- Snuff, or the Fan, supply each Pauſe of Chat,
With ſinging, laughing, ogling, and all that.
- Snuff, or the Fan, supply each Pauſe of Chat,
- 1809, Lord Byron, letter (to Henry Drury), 25 Jun 1809:
- He has been all among the worshippers of Fire in Persia and has seen Persepolis and all that.
- 1714, Alexander Pope, The Rape of the Lock: An Heroi-Comical Poem. In Five Canto's. [sic], Second Edition, London: Bernard Lintott, Canto III, p. 20[1]:
Pronoun
edit- The exact amount, quantity, or level referred to.
- She's not as smart as all that.
Adjective
editall that (not comparable)
- (US, slang) Of especially good quality; particularly excellent. [from 20th c.]
- 2000, John Aaron, Johnson Space Center Oral History Project
- ... due to the fact that the operators on the third shift at Kennedy were not all that—you know, they weren't the A Team—they had gotten themselves in a sequence where they dropped power on the vehicle.
- 2000, John Aaron, Johnson Space Center Oral History Project
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edit- (idiomatic, in negative constructions) Very.
- We do not have all that much time to finish.
- 2023 March 8, James R. Schmalenberg, Life Really Isn’t All That Complicated: But You Do Have To Think, FriesenPress, →ISBN, page 13:
- By now, I hope that you are getting the message that life really isn't all that complicated.
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