all the same

Idioms  

1. Also, all one . Equally acceptable, making no difference. For example, If it's all the same to you I'd prefer the blue car , or Hot or cold, it's all one to me . [Late 1700s]

2. Also, just the same . Nevertheless, still. For example, John wants to stay another week, but I'm going home all the same , or Even if you vote against it, this measure will pass just the same . [c. 1800]

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Example Sentences

Both sorts looking for life in the lives being lived, all the same.

From Salon

Two big games, right enough, but two games all the same.

From BBC

"We will climb with ropes, will we not? I may not feel the fear of which I am accused, but I do not fancy a fall on those rocks all the same."

From Literature

The smallest one feels heaviest, but people can them place them on balancing scales and discover that they are all the same weight.

From Science Daily

The key discovery is that Treg cells are not all the same.

From Science Daily