when all's said and done

1. Also, after all is said and done. In the end, nevertheless, as in When all's said and done, the doctors did what they could for Gordon, but he was too ill to survive. This term was first recorded in 1560.

Example Sentences

At the end of the day, when all's said and done... it's a wrap.

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The Eastwood story leads to a fantasy sequence in which Daniels dreams up an Oscars telecast punctuated by a stream of all the actors shot on film by Eastwood, and then he sings the song “Dirty Harry Blues,” with the lyrics: “Well, if I had to guess/Off the top of my head/When all’s said and done/One of us is gonna be dead.”

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When all's said and done, I sit down to the first thing I've made that's mine and honors the place I now live.

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When all’s said and done, it’s more likely that a product will be downcycled rather than recycled.

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That's what it is, it's just a group of people when all's said and done, so I think it will very poignant, of course, to see the Queen alone and to see her children and grandchildren mourning the loss of a father and grandfather.

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