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all hollow

all hollow adverb: as a foregone conclusion.

Adverb

all hollow (not comparable)

  1. (idiomatic) As a foregone conclusion.
    • He was beat all hollow, i.e. he had no chance of conquering.
    • It was all hollow, or a hollow thing, it was a decided thing from the beginning.1811, Dictionary of Vulgar Tongue

Questions about all hollow

What does all hollow mean?
All hollow means as a foregone conclusion.
What part of speech is all hollow?
All hollow is an adverb.

Words near all hollow in the dictionary

  1. all hell breaks loose
  2. all hell broke loose
  3. all holiday
  4. All Holiness
  5. All Holinesses
  6. all hollow
  7. all hope abandon ye who enter here
  8. all hope abandon, ye who enter here
  9. all icing, no cake
  10. all in
  11. all in a day's work

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