all of

phrasal

1. : quite, fully

a man all of 6 feet tall

arrived all of 15 minutes ago

this building cost all of five million dollars — Lewis Mumford

2. : with marked signs of — used with a

all of a flutter

all of a tremble

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all of (informal)

1. As long or as far, etc as

2. The whole distance, time, etc of

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as much as (typically used ironically of a quantity considered small by the speaker)

the show lasted all of six weeks

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all of

1 : not more than

— used to stress that an amount is surprisingly small

She learned to fly a plane when she was all of 16 years old.

The team scored all of six points the entire game.

2 : as much as

— used to stress that an amount is somewhat large

The prize is now worth all of 10 million dollars.

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