each and every one

Idioms and Phrases

Also, every last one ; every single one . Every individual in a group, as in Each and every student must register by tomorrow , or I've graded every last one of the exams , or Every single one of his answers was wrong . All of these phrases are generally used for emphasis. The first, although seemingly redundant, has replaced all and every , first recorded in 1502. The first variant dates from the late 1800s, and both it and the second are widely used. Also see every tom, dick, and harry . Every mother's son (late 1500s) and every man Jack (mid-1800s) are earlier versions that refer only to males.

Example Sentences

Pounds said he hopes the song “eclipses the negative echoes” and that “supernatural positive healing power will embrace each and every one of you.”

From Los Angeles Times

They would all know exactly who I was, each and every one of them.

From Los Angeles Times

“They’d go on about their credits and the rest of that and I’d look at each and every one of them and say, ‘Well, how long have you been Black?

From Salon

"It's about starting this new chapter into the future and coming out here for each and every one of you."

From Salon

And, like a child, he walked into each and every one confident that he could talk his way out.

From Los Angeles Times

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