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all things to all people

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all things to all people
everything that every person wants. The baseball museum is all things to all people, which means that both old and young can enjoy this visual history of the game.
Usage notes: often as a negative: A political party cannot be all things to all people.
See also: all, people, thing
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At all these campus-ministry programs--where budgets are tight and staff is thin--it is difficult to be all things to all people.
Catholic campus ministry by Commonweal
Trying to design a Web site to be all things to all people is a recipe for failure, said Donald Jackson, a principal with Jackson Consulting Group Ltd.
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It's tough to be all things to all people, but the five candidates took their best shot at being all things to the police officers' union, which sponsored Tuesday night's debate.
EDITORIAL/ CONDUCT UNBECOMING by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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