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[ adverb ] all at the same time

Synonyms

all_at_once

Examples

"Let's say `Yes!' all at once"

Used in print

(Committee for Economic Development, Distressed...)

Throughout the history of the program , state_government expenditures in the aggregate have usually matched or exceeded the Federal expenditures , while local districts all_together have spent more_than either Federal or state_governments .

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[ adverb ] used of a group whose members acted or were acted upon collectively and when `all' and `together' can be separated by other words

Examples

"they were herded all together" "they were all herded together" "the books lay all together in a heap"

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