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be-all and end-all

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. be-all and end-all, be all and end allnoun

    the essential factor; the all-important element; the supreme aim

    "profit is the be-all and end-all of business"

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  1. be-all and end-allnoun

    Something considered to be of the utmost importance; something essential or ultimate.

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  1. be-all and end-all

    The be-all and end-all is a phrase used to describe something or someone that is considered to be of utmost importance or essential, surpassing all others. It refers to something that is viewed as the epitome or culmination of existence or meaning. It's often used to describe an object, goal, or ambition that is seen as the final or ultimate purpose.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of be-all and end-all in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of be-all and end-all in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of be-all and end-all in a Sentence

  1. Steve Dickson:

    We get the balance of power, very simply that means that we have the testicles of the government in our hand at every given stage, guns, in the scheme of things, are still going to be the be-all and end-all.

  2. Scarlett Wilson:

    Just because you have video in this case, it doesn't mean it's the be-all and end-all, the issue is the people who were there who were involved, who saw or heard anything, who can demonstrate what they saw and heard.

  3. Karine Raymond:

    We are the be all and end all and lifeline to these patients, and yet we are being contaminated and cross contaminating.

  4. Micah Grzywnowicz:

    For years, we have said that marriage equality was an important signifier of equality, but not the be-all and end-all for LGBTI people, what is also crucial for our communities are effective laws to recognize rights of trans people to self-determination, robust protection against LGBTI-phobic violence and speech, equal access to reproductive rights, and prohibiting medical intervention on intersex children.

  5. Ian Smith:

    Customers are getting a great deal, but someone has to question whether really cheap mortgages are the be all and end all of competition in banking.


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