all told

British  

adverb

1. (sentence modifier) taking every one into account; in all

   we were seven all told

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all told Idioms  

1. 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.”

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all told

Doctors who reviewed the case for ProPublica all told the news outlet that, given Walker’s medical risks, she should have been offered an abortion.

From Salon ● Sep. 17, 2026

The financial-services firms Vanguard, Fidelity and Schwab all told MarketWatch there have been notable increases in the number of youth investment accounts opened in recent years.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 28, 2026

Executives at BP and every other oil company all told me they never thought that something like the Deepwater blowout could happen.

From Slate ● Jan. 14, 2026

Hodges, Kentucky’s governor, the county’s attorney and a federal judge all told Davis that she was legally required to give a marriage license to same-sex couples who applied for one.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2025

Some stories were a bit far-fetched, but they were all told in a way that said that people loved the old woman.

From "145th Street: Short Stories" by Walter Dean Myers