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all it's cracked up to be

all it's cracked up to be noun: as good as claims or reputation would suggest.

Noun

all it's cracked up to be (usually negative, typically related to a negative modifier)

  1. (idiomatic, negative, usually) As good as claims or reputation would suggest.
    • This expensive software is not all it's cracked up to be. It still has a lot of problems.
    • Association executives visit one of the world's most glamorous cities and find that it's all it's cracked up to be.1977, Meetings and Conventions - Volume 12, page 149

Questions about all it's cracked up to be

What does all it's cracked up to be mean?
All it's cracked up to be means as good as claims or reputation would suggest.
What part of speech is all it's cracked up to be?
All it's cracked up to be is a noun.

Words near all it's cracked up to be in the dictionary

  1. All India
  2. all ins
  3. all is fair in love and war
  4. all is fish that comes to the net
  5. all is not lost
  6. all it's cracked up to be
  7. all jokes aside
  8. all joking aside
  9. all kidding aside
  10. all kinds of
  11. all lives matter

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