all told

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all told

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From all + told (“counted”), from the original, now archaic sense [one] of tell.

adverb

  1. idiomatic, not comparable With everything included, counted, or summed; in total. I think they had over 300 people there, all told.

    Similar: altogether, all in all, all things considered, in total

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adv with all included, counted, or summed

Españoltodo dicho, todos contados
Portuguêsao todo
Françaisen tout, tout compris, au total
Italianoin tutto
Ελληνικάσυνολικά synoliká
Русскийв о́бщей сло́жности v óbščej slóžnosti

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"all told." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/all%20told. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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all told. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/all%20told

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"all told." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/all%20told.

BibTeX
@misc{all_told_2026,
  title = {all told},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/all%20told},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}