do-all
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of do-all
First recorded in 1625–35
Example Sentences
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He’s talking, of course, about UCLA’s quarterback and offensive do-all, Brett Hundley.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 25, 2014
Seeking the ultimate "go-anywhere, do-all" ride for Eastern experts, we tested scores of skis, even dabbling in the race and freeride categories before settling comfortably back into all-mountain carvers of a certain width.
From Time Magazine Archive
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This is the do-all board for technical park riding, pow-doggin', and it's a good value-designed in the U.S. and made in Europe.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Her watchful aunt superintended the years of her infancy, and all that a tender and judicious mother could do-all that most mothers think they do-she performed.
From Marriage by Ferrier, Susan Edmonstone
You have drawn two pretty pictures; but I think there may be a third—a something between the do-nothing and the do-all.
From Emma by Austen, Jane
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