all told

idiomatic phrase

Meaning

When everything is considered or counted together as a final total.

Examples

All told, we spent three weeks traveling across the country.
There were, all told, twelve people waiting in the lobby.

Synonyms: in total, altogether, on the whole, all in all

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all told

idiomatic phrase

Pronunciation: ɔːl toʊld

Definition

When everything is considered or counted together as a final total.

Examples

All told, we spent three weeks traveling across the country.
There were, all told, twelve people waiting in the lobby.

Synonyms of all told

Words with a similar meaning to all told:

in total
altogether
on the whole
all in all

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