of all people
Definition of of all people
—used to emphasize that a specified person is the person one most or least expect to do or know something You, of all people, should know the answer to this. My best friend, of all people, betrayed me.
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: the whole amount, quantity, or extent of
: as much as possible
: every member or individual component of
: wholly, quite
: only, exclusively
: just
: the whole number, quantity, or amount : totality
: used in such phrases as for all I know, for all I care, and for all the good it does to indicate a lack of knowledge, interest, or effectiveness
: everybody, everything
: the whole of one's possessions, resources, or energy
: human beings making up a group or assembly or linked by a common interest
: human beings, persons
: the members of a family or kinship
: to supply or fill with people
: to dwell in : inhabit
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