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above all
[ uh-buhv awl ]
idiom
- 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.
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of above all1
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 .Example Sentences
That's exactly the moment when you have to work even harder, train more, sleep well, eat better, and above all keep dreaming.
Experts like Mr Breadon say, above all else, the way Medicare pays clinicians needs to be overhauled to keep healthcare access genuinely universal.
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.
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.
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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