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Phrase(s): all told
Fig. totaled up; including all parts. • All told, he earned about $700 last week. • All told, he has many fine characteristics.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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Added up, in summation, as in The ferry will hold 80 passengers all told, or All told, his proposal makes some good points. This idiom, first recorded in 1850, uses the verb tell in the sense of "count."
American Heritage Idioms