all that

Idioms  

1. Too, very, usually employed in a negative context meaning not too, not very. For example, The new house is not all that different from your old one . [Mid-1900s] Also see none too .

2. That and everything else of the kind. For example, She enjoys wearing nice clothes and perfume and all that . [c. 1700] Also see and all .

3. See for all that .

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Example Sentences

"I need to be alive to be there for my family. I'm all that they have."

From BBC

These transmissions don’t arrive all that often.

From The Wall Street Journal

We watch our hero athletes handle all that pressure on the field, and they make it seem effortless.

From The Wall Street Journal

All that will cause needless financial turmoil.

From The Wall Street Journal

But after all that, to hear her lament to Loder about living half of her life without finding true love and uncomfortably bearing her mantle as a survivor reminds us of her humanity.

From Salon

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