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all over but the shouting

allŁin głodŁtime at some future time; in allŁnightŁlong throughout the whole night.
good time; soon.Ł(ThisŁphrase isŁusedŁto I couldà’t slłep all night long. John
encourage people to be patient andŁwait was sick all night long.
quitly.) When will the bØby be born? allŁofŁa suddeà suddnly. All of a sud-
All in good time. MARY: I’m starved! dłn, lightning struck the tree we were sit-
When will Bill get here with the pizz‘ ting under. I felt a sharp pain in my sidł
TOM: All in good time, Mary, all in good all of a suddłn.
time.
allŁorŁnothing 1. everythingŁorŁnothingŁat
(yll)Łin oneŁbreath spokenŁrapidly, usu- all.Ł Sally would not accłpt only part of
allyŁwhile one isŁveryŁexcited.Ł(Also lit- the money. She wanted all or nothing.
eral.) Ann said all in one breath, I can’t bargain over trifles. I will have to
“Hurry, quick! The parade is comng!” have all or nothing. 2. time to choos to
Jane was in a plØy, and she was so excited do somethingŁor not to do it.Ł It wØs
that she said her whole speech in one all or nothing. Tim had to jump off the
breath. Tom can say the alphabet all in truck or risk drowning when the truck
one breath. włnt into the wØter. Jane stood at the
door of the airplane and checked her para-
allŁin oneŁpØece safely; without damage. cðute. It was all or nothing now. She had
(Infàrmal.) Her son come home from to jump or be looked upon as a coward.
school all in one piece, evłn though he had
błen in a fight. The package was han- an all-outŁeffłrt aŁvery gàodŁandŁthorough
dled carelessly, but the vase inside arrived effort.Ł(See also make an all-out effort.)
all in one piece. We need an all-out effort to get this job
done on time. The governmłnt błgan an
(yll)Łin theŁfamily resðrictedŁto one’sŁown all-out effort to reduce the federal budget.
family, asŁwith private orŁembarrassing
infàrmation.Ł(EspeciallyŁwith kłep. ) all-outŁwyr totalŁwar, asŁopposedŁto small,
Don’t tell anyone else. Please keep it all in warlike actsŁorŁthreatsŁof war.Ł We are
the family. He only told his brother be- now concerned about all-out war in the
cause he wanted it to remain in the family. Middle East. Threats of all-out war
caused many tourists to leave the country
(yll)ŁjokingŁaside and (yll)ŁkiddingŁaside immediately.
beingŁseriousŁforŁaŁmoment; inŁallŁseri- allŁover 1. finisłed;Łdead.Ł(Compare this
ousness.Ł I know I laugh at him but, jok- with (all) over with.) Dinner is all over.
ing aside, he’s a very clłver scientist. I I’m sorry you didà’t get any. It’s all over.
know I threatened to leave and go round He’s dead now. 2. everywhere.Ł(See alsà
the world, but, jokng aside, I need a all over the earth.) Oh, I just itch all
vacØtion. over. She’s spreadng the rumor all over.
(all)ŁkiddingŁaside Go to (all) jokàng asàde. (yll)ŁoverŁagain sðarting overŁcompletely
again;Ł gàingŁ thràugh somethingŁ com-
allŁ kinds ofŁ someone ort something aŁ great pltely yt anàther tim. Do I have to
numberŁ of people orŁ things;Ł aŁ great go through this all over again? Please
amount of sàmething, especiallyŁmoney. start over again for thooe who came in lØte.
(Infàrmal.Ł Also literal,Ł meaningŁ “all
types.”) There were all knds of peoplł allŁoverŁbutŁtheŁshouting essentiallyŁde-
there, probably thousands. The Smth cidedŁandŁconcluded.Ł(AnŁelaborationŁof
family has all knds of money. all over, which meansŁ“finisłed.”) The
last goal was made just as the final whis-
allŁmannerŁofŁ someone ortsomething all typs tle sounded. Tom said, “Well, it’s all over
of peopl or things. We saw all manner but the shouting.” Tom worked hard in
of people there. They came from every collłge and graduØted last month. When
country in the world. They were sellng he got his dploma, he said, “It’s all over
all manner of things in the country store. but the shouting.”

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