in all but name
in all but name
In every way except for how someone or something is named or described. I schedule the roster, I order inventory, and I hire new staff—I'm really the manager in all but name. If you have kids and a mortgage together, you're pretty much married in all but name.
See also: all, but, name
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
in all but name
existing in a particular state but not formally recognized as such. 1999 Chris Hulme Manslaughter United He had spent twenty-one out of twenty-five years in segregation (solitary confinement in all but name).
See also: all, but, name
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
in ˌall but ˈname
used to describe a situation which exists in reality but that is not officially recognized: He runs the company in all but name.See also: all, but, name
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
- hire out
- reflection
- sad
- a (kind of) reflection on (someone or something)
- a sad, poor, etc. reflection on something
- take inventory
- hit man
- staff up
- for hire
- hire