all that

adverb

: to an indicated or suggested extent or degree : so
didn't take his threats all that seriously

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That leaves an improbable feat for appropriators -- in terms of floor time and political capital -- to push all that paper across the Capitol this month. Lauren Peller, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2025 Risk and reward and all that, or insert your cliché. John Tamny, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025 But that was when radio sort of went the way of Seals and Crofts and America and all that, which was OK. Chris Willman, Variety, 2 Sep. 2025 But, in a bizarre twist, the first order of business at the meeting that day changed the policy, and a simple majority — instead of three-fourths — was all that was needed to pass measures like the one Coan was about to be tried on. Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for all that

Word History

First Known Use

1945, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of all that was in 1945

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“All that.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/all%20that. Accessed 6 Sep. 2025.

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