all along


From the start, throughout, from end to end, as in I've known he was innocent all along. [c. 1600] Also see all along the line.

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How to use all along in a sentence

  • In hand-sewing when the thread passes from kettlestitch to kettlestitch in each signature it is sewed all-along.

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