all the better
idiom
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or so much the better
—used to say that something makes a situation, experience, etc., even better than it was
My daughter loves taking care of children. If she can earn money by doing it, so much the better!
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Make a Statement with Lighting With its midcentury table, Lucite chairs, and bare white walls, the Kells' dining room is quite spare and restrained—all the better to show off a chandelier with a rainbow of glass teardrops.
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Amy Panos, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 June 2025
Plenty of gunfights and hand-to-hand combat too, all the better to keep things as fast-moving and confounding as possible.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 22 May 2025
If that had the consequence of also weakening aspirant opponents then, from Bayern’s perspective, all the better.
—Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
If Jarry can perform at an NHL-average level while perhaps enhancing his value in the eyes of other teams, all the better.
—Josh Yohe, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
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Amy Panos, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 June 2025
Plenty of gunfights and hand-to-hand combat too, all the better to keep things as fast-moving and confounding as possible.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 22 May 2025
If that had the consequence of also weakening aspirant opponents then, from Bayern’s perspective, all the better.
—Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
If Jarry can perform at an NHL-average level while perhaps enhancing his value in the eyes of other teams, all the better.
—Josh Yohe, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for all the better
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“All the better.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/all%20the%20better. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.
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