of all people
idiom
—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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Meanwhile, Sheryl, of all people, kicks in a gift of her own: a major leg up for Team Good in the impending apocalypse.
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Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 11 July 2024
Voters approved the law, which required police, health care workers and teachers to verify and report the immigration status of all people, including children, and report undocumented immigrants to federal authorities.
—Lauren Villagran, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2024
Patrick Stewart, of all people, is an all-time villain as the skinheads’ calculating leader, issuing merciless orders in the same reasonable cadence we’ve been conditioned to trust so implicitly.
—Dennis Perkins and Chris Bellamy, EW.com, 5 July 2024
The best and most nuanced discussions about race and basketball and America come not from the locker room but from Rivers and, of all people, LeVar Burton, playing himself.
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 4 June 2024
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Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 11 July 2024
Voters approved the law, which required police, health care workers and teachers to verify and report the immigration status of all people, including children, and report undocumented immigrants to federal authorities.
—Lauren Villagran, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2024
Patrick Stewart, of all people, is an all-time villain as the skinheads’ calculating leader, issuing merciless orders in the same reasonable cadence we’ve been conditioned to trust so implicitly.
—Dennis Perkins and Chris Bellamy, EW.com, 5 July 2024
The best and most nuanced discussions about race and basketball and America come not from the locker room but from Rivers and, of all people, LeVar Burton, playing himself.
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 4 June 2024
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“Of all people.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/of%20all%20people. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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