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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Example Sentences

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

The Disney+ release of the multipart television documentary is complemented by remastered versions of the original “Anthology” albums, which, all told, are comprised of a whopping 191 tracks.

From Salon • Nov. 21, 2025

We all told him he should move out if he and his family couldn’t live with my mom.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 18, 2025

We spoke to people who had used the firm and they all told the same story.

From BBC • Oct. 18, 2025

There weren’t many Martians left on Mars—one hundred, one hundred and fifty, all told.

From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury