all there

all there
adjective
1. : in full possession of one's mental faculties : sane

behaved in such a way as to make one wonder if he was quite all there

— not often in formal use
2. slang : alert and well informed : quick-witted

wide-awake, alert, all there; he knows just where he is and what he means and where he is going — Times Literary Supplement

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all there
1. Completely sane
2. Of normal intelligence, not stupid (informal)
3. Alert
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all there (informal)
Of normal intelligence
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[usu. with negative] informal in full possession of one's mental faculties

he's not quite all there

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ˌall ˈthere idiom
(informal) having a healthy mind; thinking clearly

He behaves very oddly at times— I don't think he's quite all there.

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