all of the time

all of the time
all (of) the time
1 :always

You can't be right all of the time.

2 informal : very often or frequently

“Do you ever take the subway to work?” “Yeah, all the time.”

My sisters and I used to fight all of the time.

3 usually all the time : since something began

We thought that he disliked her, while all the time [=(more commonly) all along, the whole time] he was in love with her.

I knew the truth all the time.

The police knew all the time who was guilty.

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