all told
Britishadverb
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We are all told to stay busy in retirement—to fill our days traveling, volunteering, socializing or taking care of the grandchildren.
We spoke to people who had used the firm and they all told the same story.
From BBC
We all told him he should move out if he and his family couldn’t live with my mom.
From MarketWatch
Some of it was pedestrian: He released around 130 albums, all told, and not everything can be a masterpiece.
In what is more of a sprint than a marathon - six games all told - they've already put Denmark on the back foot.
From BBC
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