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All roads lead to Rome

  1. All paths or activities lead to the center of things. This was literally true in the days of the Roman Empire , when all the empire's roads radiated out from the capital city, Rome .


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Idioms and Phrases

Many different methods will produce the same result. For example, So long as you meet the deadline, I don't care how much help you get—all roads lead to Rome . Based on the fact that the Roman Empire's excellent road system radiated from the capital like the spokes of a wheel, this metaphor was already being used in the 1100s.
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Example Sentences

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His successor may not be such a natural political fit for Ms Meloni – but she is arguably the EU’s strongest right-wing leader and Mr Starmer knows that to solve the migration challenge, all roads lead to Rome.

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“All roads lead to Rome, and all wires lead to the server.”

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And like all roads lead to Rome, here all plot strands led to a grand finale of “We Will Rock You,” “We Are the Champions” and “Bohemian Rhapsody” — the latter so hard to integrate into a story even this far-fetched that Elton didn’t even try and just tacked it on as an encore.

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They say that all roads lead to Rome.

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They used to say that all roads lead to Rome.

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