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(one's) all
The utmost of one's energy, effort, time, or resources. It doesn't matter whether you win the race or not, just go out there and give it your all! If you aren't willing to put in your all, then there's no reason to start up your own company to begin with.
See also: all
all
/just the same Notwithstanding; nevertheless.
- (all) beer and skittles
- (all) dolled up
- (all) done by mirrors
- (all) done with mirrors
- (all) dressed up
- (all) for naught
- (all) great minds run in the same channel
- (all) in one
- (all) joking aside
- (all) kidding aside
- (all) of a piece
- (all) over again
- (all) rolled into one
- (all) sealed up
- (all) shot to hell
- (all) skin and bones
- (all) spiffed out
- (all) sweetness and light
- (all) talked out
- (all) the better for (something)
- (all) the better to (do something)
- (all) the world over
- (all) washed up
- (all) well and good
- (but) still and all
- (it's all) Greek to (one)
- (it's) (all) Greek to me
- (not) the be-all and end-all
- (one's) all
- (something) is all (one) needs
- (with) all mod cons
- (you) can't win them all
- a bit of all right
- A good time was had by all
- a jack of all trades
- a Jill of all trades is a master of none
- a man for all seasons
- a rising tide lifts all boats
- a war to end all wars
- a woman for all seasons
- Abandon hope, all ye who enter here
- above all
- above all (else)
- according to all accounts
- after all
- after all is said and done
- against all odds
- against all the odds
- all
- all (a)round
- all (one's) eggs in one basket
- all (one's) geese are swans
- all (one's) life is worth
- all (one's) life's worth
- all (that) meat and no potatoes
- all (the) one
- all able-bodied people
- all agog
- all along
- all along the line
- all along/down the line
- all and some
- all and sundry
- all around Robin Hood's barn
- all at once
- all at sea
- all bark and no bite
- all being well
- all bets are off
- all better
- all better (now)
- all brawn and no brain
- all but
- all by (one's) lonesome
- all by lonesome
- all cats are gray after dark/at night
- all cats are gray in the dark
- all cats are grey at night
- all cats are grey by night
- all cats are grey in the dark
- all comers
- all corners of the earth
- all corners of the world
- all cry and no wool
- all day and every day
- all day long
- all done with mirrors
- all downhill from here
- all dressed up and nowhere to go
- all dressed up with nowhere to go
- all duck or no dinner
- all ears
- all ears, to be
- all else being equal
- all ends up
- all eyes
- all eyes and ears
- all eyes are on (someone or something)
- all eyes are on somebody/something
- all eyes are on someone/something
- all for
- all for naught
- all for the best
- all found
- all fours
- all fur coat and no knickers
- all gas and gaiters
- all gone
- all good things come to an end
- all good things must (come to an) end
- All good things must end
- all guns blazing
- all hands
- all hands and the cook
- all hands on deck
- all hands to the pumps
- all hat and no cattle
- all hell breaks loose
- all hell breaks/is let loose
- all hell broke loose
- all holiday
- all hollow
- all horns and rattles
- all hours
- all hours (of the day and night)
- all in
- all in (one's) head
- all in (one's) mind
- all in a day's work
- all in all
- all in good time
- all in one piece
- all in the/a day's work
- all in, be
- all intents and purposes, for (to)
- all is fair in love and war
- all is fish that comes to his net
- all is not lost
- all it's cracked up to be
- all joking aside
- all kidding aside
- all kinds of
- All Lives Matter
- all Lombard Street to a China orange
- all manner of
- all manner of somebody/something
- all meat and no potatoes
- all mod cons
- all mops and brooms
- all mouth and no trousers
- all mouth and trousers
- all my eye
- all my eye (and Betty Martin)
- all nations
- all night long
- all oak and iron bound
- all oak and iron bound and *sound as a barrel
- all of
- all of (something)
- all of a dither
- all of a doodah
- all of a piece
- all of a piece with (something)
- all of a piece with something
- all of a size
- all of a sudden
- all of something
- all of the above
- all one
- all one's ducks in a row, get/have
- all options stink
- all or nothing
- all other things (else) being equal
- all out
- all over
- all over (one's) face
- all over (someone)
- all over (someone) like a cheap suit
- all over (something)
- all over bar the shouting
- all over but the shouting
- all over but the shouting, it's
- all over creation
- all over Hell and half of Georgia
- all over hell's half acre
- all over one
- all over someone like a cheap suit
- all over something
- all over the board
- all over the earth
- all over the lot
- all over the map
- all over the place
- all over the shop
- all over town
- all over with
- all politics is local
- all power to your elbow
- all present and accounted for
- all present and correct
- all quiet on the Potomac
- all quiet on the Western Front
- all right
- All right already!
- all right for you
- All right for you!
- all right with
- all right with (one)
- all right with one
- all right(y) already
- all rights reserved
- all righty
- All righty already!
- All roads lead to Rome
- all round
- all set
- all set to go
- all shapes and sizes
- all sharped up
- all shook up
- all show and no go
- all singing, all dancing
- all Sir Garnet
- all sizzle and no steak
- all smiles
- all someone's geese are swans
- all spruced up
- all sweetness and light
- all systems (are) go
- All systems are go
- All systems go
- all talk
- all talk (and no action)
- all talk and no cider
- all talk and no trousers
- all that
- all that and then some
- all that glistens is not gold
- All that glitters is not gold
- all that glitters/glistens/glisters is not gold
- all that jazz
- all that meat and no potatoes
- all the
- all the best
- all the best to (someone)
- all the better
- all the difference in the world
- all the feels
- all the livelong day
- all the marbles
- all the more reason for
- all the more reason for (doing something)
- all the more reason to (do something)
- all the rage
- all the same
- all the tea in China
- all the thing
- all the time
- all the time in the world
- all the way
- all the way down the line
- all the way live
- all the way to Egery and back
- all the world's a stage
- all the worse for wear
- all there
- all things being equal
- all things come to those who wait
- all things considered
- All things must pass
- all things to all men
- all things to all men, to be
- all things to all people
- all things to all people, be
- all thumbs
- all thumbs, to be
- all to smash
- all to the good
- all told
- all too (something)
- all tore up
- all tuckered out
- all up
- all very fine
- all very well
- all very well/fine but...
- all vine and no taters
- all walks of life
- all well and good
- all wet
- all wet, to be
- all wool and a yard wide
- all wool and no shoddy
- all work and no play
- all work and no play (makes Jack a dull boy)
- All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy
- all wound up
- all y'all
- all y'all's
- all year round
- all yours
- all, completely, etc. at sea
- all/just the same
- all-a-mort
- all-in
- all-nighter
- all-out
- all-out war
- all-over oneself
- All's fair in love and war
- All's well that ends well
- all-singing, all-dancing
- all-time high (low)
- All-y all-y oxen free!
- alter beyond (all) recognition
- alter out of (all) recognition
- an all-out effort
- an all-rounder
- and (all) that
- and all
- and all that
- and all that jazz
- and the rest
- armed at all points
- around Robin Hood's barn
- as all get out
- as all getout
- as as all get out
- as bad as all that
- as big as all outdoors
- at all
- at all costs
- at all events
- at all hours
- at all hours (of the day and night)
- at all times
- at sea
- at sea, to be/all
- away from it all
- be (all) brothers/sisters under the skin
- be (all) for (someone or something)
- be (all) of a piece
- be (all) out to (do something)
- be (all) part of life's rich pageant
- be (all) part of life's rich tapestry
- be (all) set (to do something)
- be (all) shot to hell
- be (all) skin and bone(s)
- be (not) all beer and skittles
- be (not) all fun and games
- be (not) all moonlight and roses
- be all
- be all (one) could do (not) to (do something)
- be all (the) one (to someone)
- be all about (someone, something, or oneself)
- be all about somebody/something
- be all brawn and no brain(s)
- be all dressed up and nowhere to go
- be all ears
- be all eyes
- be all fingers and thumbs
- be all for something/for doing something
- be all fur coat and no knickers
- be all go
- be all Greek to someone
- be all hat and no cattle
- be all heart
- be all in
- be all in (one's)/the mind
- be all in a day's work
- be all in somebody's/the mind
- be all like
- be all mouth
- be all one to
- be all over
- be all over (one)
- be all over bar the shouting
- be all over somebody
- be all over the shop
- be all right
- be all roses
- be all smiles
- be all somebody can/could do to do something
- be all sweetness and light
- be all talk
- be all talk (and no action)
- be all that
- be all the rage
- be all the same to (one)
- be all the same to somebody
- be all the worse for wear
- be all things to all men
- be all things to all men/people
- be all things to all people
- be all thumbs
- be all very well
- be all wet
- be as (something) as all get-out
- be downhill all the way
- be firing on all cylinders
- be hitting on all cylinders
- be laughing all the way to the bank
- be not all it's cracked up to be
- be not all there
- be not all/quite there
- be struck all of a heap
- be worked up
- be written all over (one's) face
- be written all over somebody's face
- be written all over your face
- be/take all day, morning, etc.
- be-all and end-all
- be-all and end-all, the
- beat (someone or something) all hollow
- beat (something) all to pieces
- beat all
- beer and skittles, (life is) not all
- beggar (all) description
- best of all possible worlds, the
- best of all worlds
- best of both worlds
- beyond question
- big as all outdoors
- big as life
- blow (something) out of (all) proportion
- blown (all) out of proportion
- boil (something) down to (something)
- boots and all
- break loose
- bring (something or someone) all together
- bring all together
- by all accounts
- by all appearances
- by all manner of means
- by all means
- by all means of
- by all means of (something)
- by all odds
- by/from all accounts
- call (all) the shots
- call all the shots
- can’t win em all
- can’t win them all
- can't win them all
- cap it (all) off
- cap it all
- cap it all off
- carry all before (one)
- carry all before you
- change beyond (all) recognition
- change out of (all) recognition
- come in all shapes and sizes
- come one, come all
- Conscience does make cowards of us all
- contrary to all reason
- cover all bases
- cover all the bases
- cover all the/your bases
- crawl (all) over each other
- cried all the way to the bank, he/she
- cry all the way to the bank
- daddy of them all
- do (all) the running
- do a dump on someone/something
- do all right by (one)
- do something for all you are worth
- Do we have to go through all that again?
- doesn't bother me any
- dolled up
- don't put all your eggs in one basket
- don't spend it all in one place
- don't that beat all!
- down the line
- downhill all the way
- drool (all) over (someone or something)
- drool all over someone/something
- dump all over (someone or something)
- dump all over someone/something
- egg on your face
- end it (all)
- end it all
- everything an' all
- everything's going to be all right
- explore all avenues
- fall all over
- fall all over (one)
- fall all over (oneself)
- fall all over oneself
- fawn (all) over (one)
- feel all the feels
- fire on all cylinders
- fire on all four cylinders
- firing on all cylinders
- firing/working on all cylinders
- first and foremost
- first of all
- for (all) one's trouble
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