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verb
Idiom1.
simple past tense and past participle of tell.
2.
all told, counting everyone or everything; in all: There were 50 guests all told.
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All told
is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
Related forms
well-told, adjective
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World English Dictionary
| all told | |
| —adv | |
| (sentence modifier) taking every one into account; in all: we were seven all told | |
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Word Origin & History
told
past tense of tell, from O.E. talde, past tense of tellan (see tell (v.)).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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American Heritage
Idioms & Phrases
all told
Added up, in summation, as in The ferry will hold 80 passengers all told, or All told, his proposal makes some good points. This idiom, first recorded in 1850, uses the verb tell in the sense of "count."
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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