by all accounts

Idioms  

1. Also, according to all accounts. From all reports available, from what everyone is saying. For example, By all accounts the party was a great success, or They spent a fortune on their cruise, according to all accounts. These phrases rely on account in the sense of “a particular report or description of some event.” [Late 1700s]

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Example Sentences

Everything about this is a gamble – and Beijing, by all accounts, hates to gamble.

From BBC

Royel Otis formed in 2019 but, by all accounts, should have started years earlier.

From BBC

By all accounts, markets accounted for budget-sensitive consumers this year.

From Barron's

Departing senators are typically invited to get up and give goodbye speeches, and Miller’s was, by all accounts, memorable.

From Slate

He was, by all accounts, acting as a Good Samaritan, trying to break up the fight.

From The Wall Street Journal