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and all this

and all this phrase: used at the end of a statement to insinuate that there is more information that can be inferred from the preceding.

Phrase

and all this

  1. (idiomatic, informal) Used at the end of a statement to insinuate that there is more information that can be inferred from the preceding.
    • She likes punk rock, screamo, death metal and all this.
    Synonyms:
    and all that, et cetera, and so on and so forth, and that

Synonyms of and all this

Questions about and all this

What does and all this mean?
And all this means used at the end of a statement to insinuate that there is more information that can be inferred from the preceding.
What part of speech is and all this?
And all this is a phrase.

Words near and all this in the dictionary

  1. and a partridge in a pear tree
  2. and alike
  3. and all
  4. and all that
  5. and all the rest of it
  6. and all this
  7. and another thing
  8. and be done with it
  9. and change
  10. and company
  11. and counting

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