all that

Idioms  

1. Too, very, usually employed in a negative context meaning not too, not very. For example, The new house is not all that different from your old one . [Mid-1900s] Also see none too .

2. That and everything else of the kind. For example, She enjoys wearing nice clothes and perfume and all that . [c. 1700] Also see and all .

3. See for all that .

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Example Sentences

Once fully installed, all that was left was for Hummel to give the new transmission a test drive.

From The Wall Street Journal

"I can't see that for a start and I genuinely can't. I don't know whether I would have the energy and all that type of stuff," O'Neill said on Talksport when asked if he would feel like staying on should the campaign finish on a positive note.

From Barron's

"Some bits are obviously quite painful, when she has to do the life support machine bit and meeting Jacob bit, and talking about James, it is very hard hearing all that from somebody else."

From BBC

It is Congress, after all, that has the authority to declare war and must authorize use of military force.

From Slate

After a bit of an exhausting intrigue—will he or won’t he—Rodgers was in, and very in, grabbing a Terrible Towel and wrapping his expanded mind around all that Steeler mystique, assuming the cool Dad role to younger teammates and turning back the clock just enough to wedge himself into the postseason for the first time since 2021 with his original outfit, Green Bay.

From The Wall Street Journal

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