Definition of of all places
—used to say that it is unusual or surprising that something happened in or is true about a particular place She met her future husband in a grocery store, of all places.
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“Of all places.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/of%20all%20places. Accessed 27 Jan. 2022.
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