Definition of All the time

1. Adverb. Without respite. "He plays chess day in and day out"

Exact synonyms: Day In And Day Out

Definition of All the time

1. Adverb. (set phrase duration) Always; constantly; for the complete duration. ¹

2. Adverb. (set phrase frequency) Very often; frequently. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of All The Time

all square
all systems go
all talk and no action
all talk and no cider
all that
all that and a bag of chips
all that glitters is not gold
all that jazz
all the best
all the less
all the marbles
all the more
all the rage
all the same
all the tea in China
all the time (current term)
all the way
all the way to Egery and back
all the while
all the world's a stage
all there
all things being equal
all things come to those who wait
all things considered
all thumbs
all to
all to smash
all together
all told
all too

Literary usage of All the time

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan (1860)
"In this combat no man can imagine, unless he had seen and heard, as I did, what yelling and hideous roaring Apollyon made all the time of the fight—he spake ..."

2. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: In the by John Tracy Atkyns, Philip Yorke Hardwicke, William Newnam, Great Britain Court of Chancery (1781)
"... another to go on with building f"^'5 a"°'>>« upon his ground, and not fet up a right till afterwards, when ground, wi-h- he was all the time ..."

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