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[all shook up] also [shook up]{adj.}, {slang} In a state of great emotional upheaval; disturbed; agitated. •/What are you so shook up about?/

[all systems go]{Originally from space English, now general colloquial usage.} Everything is complete and ready for action; it is now all right to proceed. •/After they wrote out the invitations, it was all systems go for the wedding./

[all the(1)]{adj. phr.}, {dialect} The only. •/A hut was all the home he ever had./

[all the(2)]{adv. phr.} Than otherwise; even. — Used to emphasize comparative adjectives, adverbs, and nouns. •/Opening the windows made it all the hotter./ •/Take a bus instead of walking and get home all the sooner./ •/If you don’t eat your dessert, all the more for us./

[all the better] See: ALL THE(2).

[all the ---er]{substandard} The ---est; as … as. — Used with a comparative adjective or adverb and subordinate clause in place of a superlative adjective or adverb. •/That was all the bigger he grew./ •/Is that all the faster you can go?/

[all there] or [all here]{adj. phr.}, {informal} Understanding well; thinking clearly; not crazy. — Usually used in negative sentences, •/Joe acted queerly and talked wildly, so we thought he was not all there./

[all the same(1)] or [all one]{n. phr.} Something that makes no difference; a choice that you don’t care about. •/If it’s all the same to you, I would like to be waited on first./ •/You can get there by car or by bus — it’s all one./

[all the same(2)] or [just the same]{adv. phr.}, {informal} As if the opposite were so; nevertheless; anyway; anyhow; still. •/Everyone opposed it, but Sally and Bob got married all the same./ •/Mary is deaf, but she takes tap dancing lessons just the same./ Compare: AT THAT 3, IN SPITE OF.

[all the thing] or [all the rage], [the in thing]{n. phr.} The fashionable or popular thing to do, the fashionable or most popular artist or form of art at a given time. •/After "The Graduate" Dustin Hoffman was all the rage in the movies./ •/It was all the thing in the late sixties to smoke pot and demonstrate against the war in Vietnam./

[all the time]{adv. phr.} 1. or [all the while] During the whole period; through the whole time. •/Mary went to college in her home town and lived at home all the while./ •/Most of us were surprised to hear that Mary and Tom had been engaged all year, but Sue said she knew it all the time./ 2. Without stopping; continuously •/Most traffic lights work all the time./ 3. Very often; many times. •/Ruth talks about her trip to Europe all the time, and her friends are tired of it./