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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Example Sentences

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all told

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026

But, all told, Goldman said its “base case is for U.S. equities to generate positive returns on net through year-end.”

From MarketWatch ● May 27, 2026

My research, like the HSCA’s, has relied upon the same basic set of facts about who beyond Byers was told what—and when they were told—about the Byers Bounty: three people, all told after the assassination.

From Slate ● Dec. 1, 2025

We spoke to people who had used the firm and they all told the same story.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2025

“We all told stuff,” I said to comfort him.

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter