all told

British  

adverb

1. (sentence modifier) taking every one into account; in all

   we were seven all told

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all told Idioms  

1. 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.”

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all told

Doctors who reviewed the case for ProPublica all told the news outlet that, given Walker’s medical risks, she should have been offered an abortion.

From Salon ● Sep. 17, 2026

Roebuck went through several surgeries during his first week in the hospital and, all told, spent more than a month in medical care.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

She kept coming back, spending more than 360 hours with them, all told.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026

The financial-services firms Vanguard, Fidelity and Schwab all told MarketWatch there have been notable increases in the number of youth investment accounts opened in recent years.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 28, 2026

We spake it during supper, as once, at the inception of our Regiment, all told the tales of escape; now we tell the tales of the return of soldiers to bondage.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

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