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slang To say or utter (something). Used as a reporting verb. So then Janet's all, "Blah, blah, blah," and Billy's all, "Yada, yada, yada." It was hilarious! I just got so frustrated waiting for her to decide that I was all, "Make up your mind, Tammy!" And then he was all, "You need to leave." Can you believe it?
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be all like
A phrase used in informal situations when one is recounting what someone else has said. And then he was all like, "You need to leave." Can you believe it?
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is all
Rur. That is all [and nothing more].; That is all I meant to say and there are no further implications. (Often used to end a sentence.) I'm not mad at you. I'm just disappointed, is all. Jane's not a bad kid. She's headstrong, is all.
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be all
Informal To say or utter. Used chiefly in verbal narration: He's all, "What did you do that for?"
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