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told

[tohld]
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verb
  1. simple past tense and past participle of tell1.
Idioms
  1. all told, counting everyone or everything; in all: There were 50 guests all told.
Related formswell-told, adjective
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Related Words for all told

altogether
British Dictionary definitions for all told

all told

adverb
  1. (sentence modifier) taking every one into account; in allwe were seven all told

told

verb
  1. the past tense and past participle of tell 1
adjective
  1. See all told
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Word Origin and History for all told

told

past tense of tell, from Old English talde, past tense of tellan (see tell (v.)).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Idioms and Phrases with all told

all told

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.”

told

see all told; I told you so; little bird told me. also see under tell.

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