all along

adverb

: all the time
knew the truth all along

Examples of all along in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web She’s transported back to 1814 and discovers that this is where her brother has been all along. Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 20 Mar. 2024 The Smiths had been telling the NTTA that all along. Steve Coffman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Mar. 2024 Pollution created all along this value chain could add up. David Gelles, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2024 But despite the high dud rate, the Russians are firing around 10,000 shells a day all along the 600-mile front of their wider war. David Axe, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024 The carmaker produces not only ultra-affordable vehicles, but also models all along the price spectrum. Steve Mollman, Fortune, 25 Feb. 2024 The plan all along was for VanVleet to serve as a bridge to the future until Thompson was ready to take over the reins. Rahat Huq, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024 The rest of the store remained true to its roots all along. John Carlisle, Detroit Free Press, 25 Feb. 2024 But what if her reading of Shakespeare as anti-colonialist was off the mark all along? Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1619, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of all along was in 1619

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“All along.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/all%20along. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

all along

adverb
: all the time
knew the truth all along

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