one and all

idiom

old-fashioned
: everyone
Merry Christmas to one and all.
He gave equal attention to one and all.

Examples of one and all in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Buchman says that a transcontinental US flight, for example, might use anything between one and all five of the Viasat satellites positioned nearest North America. Julia Buckley, CNN, 9 Mar. 2024 Crippling housing and workforce shortages and a fragmented, dysfunctional response — along with entrenched poverty, unchecked mental illness and a raging drug epidemic — have produced a simmering humanitarian crisis visible to one and all. Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2023 This event invites one and all for a free salsa social celebrating the end of the Dance Complex’s landmark 30th season. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Aug. 2023 Elsa/Getty The big guy’s technical skills are obvious to one and all. Bob Ryan, BostonGlobe.com, 20 June 2023 That said, this category is far from an easy one and all the nominees are portraying real people, adding another layer of difficulty to the mix. Emily Longeretta, Variety, 20 July 2022 That said, there are about 24 Sea Furies listed on the U.S. civil aircraft register, rare birds one and all. Eric Tegler, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2022 The Kamila Valieva scandal has become a dark cloud over these Olympics, threatening to ruin the moment for all of her competitors, distracting one and all from everything that once was considered good about these Games. Christine Brennan, USA TODAY, 16 Feb. 2022 While there has been no formal election, she has been proclaimed The Mayor of Van Aken by one and all. cleveland, 23 Dec. 2021

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“One and all.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/one%20and%20all. Accessed 27 Apr. 2024.

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