all the best
Idioms-
Also, all of the best . The entire number or amount of the highest quality of something, as in All of the best fruit was on display , or All the best students competed for the award .
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Best wishes, as in I've got to go now—all the best to you and the family . This idiom, first recorded in 1937, is used as an oral farewell or to close an informal letter or note.
Example Sentences
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"It's like seeing all the best players playing in the World Cup final to me."
From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026
"You mix them up and it's like if you have a computer game and you put all the best players on one team."
From BBC • Feb. 22, 2026
“To me, I was like, this is all the best things of New England, without having the doom and gloom of Bill.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026
"We wish him all the best in the MLS and the USA, both professionally and personally!"
From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026
It wasn’t immediately obvious—after all, the best way to avoid the risk of General Electric’s defaulting on its debt was not to lend to General Electric in the first place.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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