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of all places

of all places prepositional phrase: surprisingly.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (idiomatic, often) Surprisingly.
    • They had a Jacuzzi on the deck, which was usually crowded, but I did manage to squeeze in once between two couples from Yakima, Washington, of all places.2016, O Bod, Of All Places: Sometimes It's the Journey, →ISBN

Questions about of all places

What does of all places mean?
Of all places means surprisingly.
What part of speech is of all places?
Of all places is a prepositional phrase.

Words near of all places in the dictionary

  1. of age
  2. of all
  3. of all conscience
  4. of all loves
  5. of all people
  6. of all places
  7. of all things
  8. of all time
  9. of all times
  10. of an
  11. of any use

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