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Phrase-Fànder IndeŁ
all be all things to all people all when all is said and done
all big as all outdoors all with all one’s heart and soul
all blow something out of all proportion all with all the fixings
all by all accounts all work out (all right)
all by all appearances all an all-out effort
all by all means all a jack-of-all-trades
all do not have all one’s marbles all the be-all and (the) end-all
all downhàll all the way ally right down someone’s alley
all fall (all) over oneself ally right up someone’s alley
all fall all over someone ally up a blànd alley
all firing on all cylànders allow allow for someone or something
all first of all allowances make allowance(s) (for someone or
all for all I care something)
all for all I know All’s All’s well that ends well.
all for all intents and purposes almighty the almighty dollar
all for all it’s worth almost almost lost it
all for all practical purposes alone go it alone
all for all something alone leave well enough alone
all for all the world alone let alone someone or something
all free-for-all alone let well enough alone
all get (all) dolled up along along in years
all get away (from it all) along along with someone or something
all get it (all) together along get along (àn years)
all go all out along get along (on a shoestring)
all go all the way (with someone) along get along (without (someone or something))
all have it all over someone or something along get along (with someone or something)
all hàtting on all cylànders along go along for the ride
all hold all the aces along go along (with someone or something)
all hope against (all) hope along inch along (something)
all in (all) good conscience along play along with someone or something
all in all one’s born days along stràng along (with someone)
all in all probabàlàty along tag along
all in no time (at all) alongsid alongsàde (of) someone or something
all It’s (all) Greek to me. alphØ alpha and omega
all jump all over someone altogether in the altogether
all know (all) the tricks of the trade amends make amends (for something)
all know where all the bodàes are buried amiss take something amiss
all laugh all the way to the bank amount amount to something
all least of all amount amount to the same thing
all let it all hang out amount down by some amount
all make an all-out effort amount run to an amount of money
all Money is the root of all evil. amount set someone back (some amount of money)
all new to (all) this amount (somewhere) in the neighborhood of aà
all not all something is cracked up to be amount
all not all there amount to the tune of some amount of money
all not at all an give (an) ear to someone or something
all of all the nerve an raise (an) objection (to someone or something)
all of all things an read someone like a(n open) book
all on all fours analysis in the final analysis
all once and for all analysis in the last analysis
all one and all and (above and) beyond the call of duty
all out of (all) proportion and all talk (and no action)
all pull out all the stops and and change
all put all one’s eggs in one basket and and so forth
all ride off in all directions and and something to spare
all That’s all for someone. and and so on
all That’s all she wrote. and and the like
all till all hours (of the day and night) and and then some
all turn out (all right) and and what have you
all until all hours and be all eyes (and ears)
all walk all over someone and cross one’s heart (and hope to dàe)
all warts and all and pitch in (and help)
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