and all the rest of it

and all the rest of it
and (all) the rest (of it) informal phrase
used at the end of a list for referring to other similar people or things that you have not mentioned

There’s so much competition from satellite TV, local radio, and the rest.

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and (all) the ˈrest (of it) idiom
(informal) used at the end of a list to mean everything else that you might expect to be on the list

He wants a big house and an expensive car and all the rest of it.

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