underneath it all
idiom
: in reality : actually
He might seem unkind, but underneath it all, he's a very caring person.
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Mature rails should be simple (almost boring) at the surface, but elegant underneath it all.
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Annabelle Huang, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
When you’re getting dressed for the day, few things are as irritating as putting together the perfect outfit only for the bra to dig into your skin underneath it all.
—Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 20 Sep. 2025
This development introduces the film’s most haunting theme: that even the clashing elements of our society — warring ideological factions, citizens of different racial backgrounds locked in antagonism — are actually, underneath it all, deeply and inseparably intertwined.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 17 Sep. 2025
But underneath it all there’s always a sense of emotion and vulnerability, and that, for me, wins every time.
—Benjamin Vanhoose, People.com, 14 July 2025
Yet, underneath it all, three leadership communication strategies could instantly resolve the conflict.
—Chris Westfall, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
What remains is a season of TV where people wear scrubs and yell about intubations and central lines, and underneath it all there’s a story about one woman’s unnecessary, unfounded anxiety.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 3 Apr. 2025
That version is monumental — but this one reminds you that one of Tweedy’s best-ever anthems of ambiguous ache was underneath it all along.
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—Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 12 Feb. 2025
The braggadocio, the charisma and the grit underneath it all is what the city remembered of Henderson, who died at 65, days shy of his birthday on Christmas.
—Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 21 Dec. 2024
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Annabelle Huang, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
When you’re getting dressed for the day, few things are as irritating as putting together the perfect outfit only for the bra to dig into your skin underneath it all.
—Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 20 Sep. 2025
This development introduces the film’s most haunting theme: that even the clashing elements of our society — warring ideological factions, citizens of different racial backgrounds locked in antagonism — are actually, underneath it all, deeply and inseparably intertwined.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 17 Sep. 2025
But underneath it all there’s always a sense of emotion and vulnerability, and that, for me, wins every time.
—Benjamin Vanhoose, People.com, 14 July 2025
Yet, underneath it all, three leadership communication strategies could instantly resolve the conflict.
—Chris Westfall, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
What remains is a season of TV where people wear scrubs and yell about intubations and central lines, and underneath it all there’s a story about one woman’s unnecessary, unfounded anxiety.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 3 Apr. 2025
That version is monumental — but this one reminds you that one of Tweedy’s best-ever anthems of ambiguous ache was underneath it all along.
2.
—Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 12 Feb. 2025
The braggadocio, the charisma and the grit underneath it all is what the city remembered of Henderson, who died at 65, days shy of his birthday on Christmas.
—Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 21 Dec. 2024
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