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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And of all people, the Cardinals elected him to lead 1.4 billion Catholics around the globe.
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Michael Loria, USA Today, 10 May 2025
And who better to play that than Sonny Tufts, of all people?
—Chris Willman, Variety, 7 May 2025
The law holds the boy accountable despite his lack of malice, only for Alec Baldwin — of all people — to save Lucas from a noose by murdering all of his jailers.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 2 May 2025
Roughly 8 percent of all people diagnosed with migraines suffer from them chronically.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Apr. 2025
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Michael Loria, USA Today, 10 May 2025
And who better to play that than Sonny Tufts, of all people?
—Chris Willman, Variety, 7 May 2025
The law holds the boy accountable despite his lack of malice, only for Alec Baldwin — of all people — to save Lucas from a noose by murdering all of his jailers.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 2 May 2025
Roughly 8 percent of all people diagnosed with migraines suffer from them chronically.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Apr. 2025
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“Of all people.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/of%20all%20people. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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