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all present and accounted for
Idioms and Phrases
All members or items of a group are here or their whereabouts are known, as in Is everyone ready to board the bus?āAll present and accounted for . This expression almost certainly originated in the armed forces as a response to roll call. By proper logic, the and should be or . Nevertheless, the expression is used colloquially to offer assurance that no person or thing is missing.Example Sentences
The species tulips, miniature daffodils and dwarf irises that would grace the windowsills and dining table in late winter and early spring ā after the coupleās yearlong renovation was complete and the December 2015 move-in day had arrived ā were all present and accounted for.
I donāt think Iām giving away too much ā though you should stop right here if youāre worried ā to say that the ā60 Minutesā interview in which Bill addressed questions about infidelity, Hillaryās āI suppose I could have stayed home and baked cookiesā remark, Vince Fosterās suicide, George Stephanopoulosās disaffection, the sudden rise of Barack Obama and the chants of āLock her up!ā are all present and accounted for.
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Volunteers have gone through these secondhand garments to make sure theyāre up to snuff, that zippers work and buttons are all present and accounted for.
These themes are all present and accounted for in the film, but they are also more emphatically stated than deeply felt.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Ā© Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American HeritageĀ® Idioms Dictionary copyright Ā© 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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