all there

Idioms

Having one's wits about one, mentally competent, as in John may seem absentminded, but believe me, he's all there. This phrase is often used negatively, as not all there, for being without one's full faculties. For example, I wonder about Justin; sometimes it seems as if he's not all there. [Mid-1800s]

Example Sentences

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Or does it just show he's not quite all there but still has that punch power?

From BBC

But that’s all there is to them, and to the feature as a whole.

From The Wall Street Journal

First of all, there were 600 people that went.

From Slate

Most of all, there is a lot of shame and shaming associated with people who go into debt or become overwhelmed by their bills.

From MarketWatch

“The thing that we saw was sales didn’t suffer at all. There was not a dramatic impact.”

From MarketWatch

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