of all time

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Prepositional phrase

of all time

  1. Ever.
    That was the best movie of all time!
    • 2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:
      “I am completely full. You cooked such a delicious meal. That was one of your top fifty quiches of all time. Now, come on, let me do the washing-up tonight.”

Usage notes

  • Used in conjunction with a superlative adjective.
  • (Internet slang, humorous, ironic) Occasionally used without a superlative to imply mediocrity or unremarkability by ironically noting its mere existence.
    That was one of the movies of all time.

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