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above all

[ uh-buhv awl ]

idiom

  1. most important of all; before everything else; chiefly:

    Above all, the little girl wanted a piano.

    He said that, above all else, he was a dad of two young children.



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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of above all1

First recorded in 1350鈥1400
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Idioms and Phrases

More than anything else, as in A winter hike calls for good equipment, but above all it requires careful planning . This phrase first appears in William Langland's Piers Ploughman (1377), in which the narrator exhorts readers to love the Lord God above all. Also see first and last .
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That's exactly the moment when you have to work even harder, train more, sleep well, eat better, and above all keep dreaming.

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Experts like Mr Breadon say, above all else, the way Medicare pays clinicians needs to be overhauled to keep healthcare access genuinely universal.

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It was a decision that was extremely unpopular with Mourinho and went on to fuel his methods - and fuel, most notably, a desire to put victory above all else.

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Didion broke barriers, refusing to feel remorse over valuing her career above all else and forging a language that can only be described as Didionesque.

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It is, 鈥渁bove all, a quest. To understand myself, our family鈥檚 collective disease, Indian people鈥檚 unparalleled ability to survive, and the history of Indian boarding schools.鈥

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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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