all along

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all along

adverb

  1. idiomatic For the entire time; always. He thought he had me fooled, but I knew the truth all along.

preposition

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see all, along. All along the beach, people were lounging on orange chairs.

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adv for the entire time

Españoltodo el tiempo, desde el inicio
日本語ずっと zutto
中文始終 /始终 shǐzhōng, 一直 yīzhí
Portuguêsdesde o começo, o tempo todo
Françaisdès le départ, depuis le début
Deutschdie ganze Zeit, schon immer, von Anfang an
Italianofin dall'inizio, da sempre
Ελληνικάανέκαθεν anékathen, εξ αρχής ex archís, πάντα pánta
Românăîn tot acest timp
Русскийвсё вре́мя vsjo vrémja, с са́мого нача́ла s sámovo načála

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@misc{all_along_2026,
  title = {all along},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/all%20along},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}