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by all accounts

Idioms

Also, according to all accounts. From all reports available, from what everyone is saying. For example, By all accounts the party was a great success, or They spent a fortune on their cruise, according to all accounts. These phrases rely on account in the sense of “a particular report or description of some event.” [Late 1700s]

Example Sentences

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Private accounts have become more popular, because people want to be able to post what they want on Instagram without being looked down on or judged.

From The Guardian • Dec. 9, 2016

Private accounts, where users monitor who can follow their posts, might be the best way to go, Hulsey said.

From Washington Times • Apr. 4, 2015

Private accounts say that General Provost is left to command at Savannah; that his troops consist of Hessians and Loyalists that were there before, re-inforced by a corps of blacks and a detachment of savages.

From The Black Phalanx African American soldiers in the War of Independence, the War of 1812, and the Civil War by Wilson, Joseph T. (Joseph Thomas)

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