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and all

adverb an all · n'all · anaw

  1. idiomatic, not comparable Including every object, attribute, or process associated with preceding item or series of items. He ate the whole fish, bones and all.
  2. idiomatic, informal, not comparable Used to suggest certain unstated relevant implications of what has been stated. What with you saying he was sick and all, I figured neither of you were coming.

    Similar: and all that, and that, and stuff, and so on, et cetera

  3. Northern England, Scotland, not comparable Used to add emphasis. He starts yelling and we come running to help, but a fat load of thanks we get and all!
  4. UK, informal, not comparable As well; in addition. I'll have some of the red ones, some green ones, and them yellow ones and all.

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adv idiomatic: including every item associated with preceding item or items

Portuguêse tudo
Françaiset tout, et ainsi de suite, et cætera, et tout et tout, et tout le reste
Русскийи прочее i pročeje, и всё прочее i vsjo pročeje, и всё остальное i vsjo ostalʹnoje

adv idiomatic: used to suggest certain unstated relevant implications or what has been stated

Françaiset tout le tremblement, tout ça
Русскийи всё такое i vsjo takoje

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@misc{and_all_2026,
  title = {and all},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/and%20all},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}