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all present and accounted for



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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?ā€”All 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.
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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 coupleā€™s yearlong renovation was complete and the December 2015 move-in day had arrived ā€” were all present and accounted for.

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I donā€™t think Iā€™m giving away too much ā€” though you should stop right here if youā€™re worried ā€” to say that the ā€œ60 Minutesā€ interview in which Bill addressed questions about infidelity, Hillaryā€™s ā€œI suppose I could have stayed home and baked cookiesā€ remark, Vince Fosterā€™s suicide, George Stephanopoulosā€™s disaffection, the sudden rise of Barack Obama and the chants of ā€œLock her up!ā€ are all present and accounted for.

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They are all present and accounted for, with show participants marked in yellow: Music icon K.D.

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Volunteers have gone through these secondhand garments to make sure theyā€™re up to snuff, that zippers work and buttons are all present and accounted for.

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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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