all along

1. From the start, throughout, from end to end, as in I've known he was innocent all along. [c. 1600] Also see all along the line.

Example Sentences

I imagined a lunch in which everything is hashed out, and my husband ends up seeing that his father had loved him all along.

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It turns out these U.S. partners had that power all along.

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They had it in for me all along.

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Looking back on it now, the reasons were right there all along.

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He noted: "They have been firing federal employees all along."

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