all

(one's) all

The utmost of one's energy, effort, time, or resources. It doesn't matter whether you win the race or not, just go out there and give it your all! If you aren't willing to put in your all, then there's no reason to start up your own company to begin with.
See also: all
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

all

/just the same
Notwithstanding; nevertheless.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
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  • 'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all
  • (all) beer and skittles
  • (all) choked up
  • (all) dolled up
  • (all) done by mirrors
  • (all) done up like a pox doctor's clerk
  • (all) done with mirrors
  • (all) dressed up
  • (all) dressed up like a pox doctor's clerk
  • (all) for naught
  • (all) great minds run in the same channel
  • (all) het up
  • (all) in one
  • (all) in the family
  • (all) joking apart
  • (all) joking aside
  • (all) kidding aside
  • (all) of a piece
  • (all) over again
  • (all) rolled into one
  • (all) sealed up
  • (all) shot to hell
  • (all) skin and bones
  • (all) spiffed out
  • (all) sweetness and light
  • (all) talked out
  • (all) the better for (something)
  • (all) the better to (do something)
  • (all) the world over
  • (all) tore up
  • (all) torn up
  • (all) washed up
  • (all) well and good
  • (all) wrought up
  • (but) still and all
  • (it's all) Greek to (one)
  • (it's) (all) Greek to me
  • (it's) all uphill from here
  • (it) doesn't bother me at all
  • (it) won't bother me at all/any
  • (not) the be-all and end-all
  • (one's) all
  • (one's) elevator doesn't go all the way to the top
  • (one) could go (on) all day (about something)
  • (something) is all (one) needs
  • (with) all mod cons
  • (you) can't win them all
  • A good time was had by all
  • Abandon hope, all ye who enter here
  • All Lives Matter
  • All good things must end
  • All right already!
  • All right for you!
  • All righty already!
  • All roads lead to Rome
  • All systems are go
  • All systems go
  • All that glitters is not gold
  • All things must pass
  • All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy
  • All's fair in love and war
  • All's well that ends well
  • All-y all-y oxen free!
  • Conscience does make cowards of us all
  • Do we have to go through all that again?
  • Fuck it all!
  • Give it all you've got!
  • Give my best to
  • God's in his heaven; all's right with the world
  • Greek to me, it's
  • Greek to me, it's/that's (all)
  • Hang it all!
  • I hope all goes well
  • I was up all night with a sick friend
  • I'm all right, Jack
  • I'm listening
  • I've never (done something) in all my (born) days
  • Idleness is the root of all evil
  • If that don't beat all!
  • If that don’t fuck all!
  • It is all over with
  • It takes all kinds
  • It'll all come out in the wash
  • It's all over but the shouting
  • It's written all over face
  • I’m all ears
  • Jill of all trades(, master of none)
  • Let's not go through all that again
  • Life isn't all beer and skittles
  • Moderation in all things
  • Of all the nerve!
  • Of all things!
  • That’s all she wrote
  • That’s all someone needs
  • Uncle Tom Cobleigh and all
  • Uncle Tom Cobley and all
  • What nerve!
  • What's (something) in aid of?
  • What's all that about?
  • Where have you been all my life?
  • You can’t win them all
  • You can’t win ’em all
  • a Jack of all trades is a master of none
  • a Jill of all trades is a master of none
  • a bit of all right
  • a good time was had by all
  • a jack of all trades
  • a man for all seasons
  • a rising tide lifts all boats
  • a war to end all wars
  • a woman for all seasons
  • abandon hope, all ye who enter here
  • above all
  • above all (else)
  • according to all accounts
  • after all
  • after all is said and done
  • against all odds
  • against all the odds
  • all
  • all (a)round
  • all (one's) Christmases have come at once
  • all (one's) eggs in one basket
  • all (one's) geese are swans
  • all (one's) life is worth
  • all (one's) life's worth
  • all (one's) taste is in (one's) mouth
  • all (other) things being equal
  • all (that) meat and no potatoes
  • all (the) one
  • all Lombard Street to a China orange
  • all Sir Garnet
  • all able-bodied people
  • all aboard
  • all agog
  • all along
  • all along the line
  • all along/down the line
  • all and some
  • all and sundry
  • all around Robin Hood's barn
  • all around town
  • all at once
  • all at sea
  • all balled up
  • all bark and no bite
  • all being well
  • all bets are off
  • all better
  • all better (now)
  • all brawn and no brain
  • all but
  • all by (one's) lonesome
  • all by lonesome
  • all cats are gray after dark/at night
  • all cats are gray at night
  • all cats are gray by night
  • all cats are gray in the dark
  • all cats are grey at night
  • all cats are grey by night
  • all cats are grey in the dark
  • all comers
  • all corners of the earth
  • all corners of the world
  • all correct
  • all cry and no wool
  • all day and every day
  • all day long
  • all done with mirrors
  • all downhill from here
  • all dressed up and nowhere to go
  • all dressed up with nowhere to go
  • all duck or no dinner
  • all ears
  • all ears, to be
  • all else being equal
  • all ends up
  • all eyes
  • all eyes and ears
  • all eyes are on (someone or something)
  • all eyes are on somebody/something
  • all eyes are on someone/something
  • all for
  • all for (someone or something)
  • all for naught
  • all for one, and one for all
  • all for the best
  • all found
  • all fours
  • all fur coat and no knickers
  • all gas and gaiters
  • all gone
  • all good things (come) to those who wait
  • all good things come to an end
  • all good things must (come to an) end
  • all guns blazing
  • all hands
  • all hands and the cook
  • all hands on deck
  • all hands to the pumps
  • all hat and no cattle
  • all hell breaks loose
  • all hell breaks/is let loose
  • all hell broke loose
  • all holiday
  • all hollow
  • all hope abandon, ye who enter here
  • all horns and rattles
  • all hours
  • all hours (of the day and night)
  • all in
  • all in (one's) head
  • all in (one's) mind
  • all in a day's work
  • all in all
  • all in good time
  • all in one breath
  • all in one piece
  • all in the Kool-Aid and don't know the flavor
  • all in the Kool-Aid but don't know the flavor
  • all in the/a day's work
  • all in, be
  • all intents and purposes, for (to)
  • all is fair in love and war
  • all is fish that comes to his net
  • all is grist that comes to the mill
  • all is not lost
  • all it's cracked up to be
  • all joking aside
  • all kidding aside
  • all kinds of
  • all kinds of (people or things)
  • all knowledge is contained in fandom
  • all knowledge is contained in fanzines
  • all manner of
  • all manner of somebody/something
  • all meat and no potatoes
  • all men are created equal
  • all mod cons
  • all mops and brooms
  • all mouth and no trousers
  • all mouth and trousers
  • all my eye
  • all my eye (and Betty Martin)
  • all nations
  • all night long
  • all oak and iron bound
  • all oak and iron bound and *sound as a barrel
  • all of
  • all of (something)
  • all of a dither
  • all of a doodah
  • all of a piece
  • all of a piece with (something)
  • all of a piece with something
  • all of a size
  • all of a sudden
  • all of something
  • all of the above
  • all one
  • all one's ducks in a row, get/have
  • all options stink
  • all or nothing
  • all other things (else) being equal
  • all out
  • all over
  • all over (one's) face
  • all over (one) like a cheap suit
  • all over (one) like a rash
  • all over (oneself)
  • all over (someone)
  • all over (someone) like a cheap suit
  • all over (something)
  • all over Hell and half of Georgia
  • all over bar the shouting
  • all over but the shouting
  • all over but the shouting, it's
  • all over creation
  • all over hell and gone
  • all over hell's half acre
  • all over one
  • all over someone like a cheap suit
  • all over something
  • all over the board
  • all over the earth
  • all over the lot
  • all over the map
  • all over the place
  • all over the place like a mad woman's custard
  • all over the shop
  • all over the world
  • all over town
  • all over with
  • all piss and wind
  • all politics is local
  • all power to your elbow
  • all present and accounted for
  • all present and correct
  • all quiet on the Potomac
  • all quiet on the Western Front
  • all right
  • all right for you
  • all right on the night
  • all right with
  • all right with (one)
  • all right with one
  • all right(y) already
  • all rights reserved
  • all righty
  • all roads lead to Rome
  • all round
  • all set
  • all set to go
  • all shapes and sizes
  • all sharped up
  • all shook up
  • all show and no go
  • all singing, all dancing
  • all sizzle and no steak
  • all smiles
  • all someone's geese are swans
  • all spruced up
  • all students take calculus
  • all sweetness and light
  • all systems (are) go
  • all systems go
  • all talk
  • all talk (and no action)
  • all talk and no cider
  • all talk and no trousers
  • all that
  • all that and then some
  • all that glistens is not gold
  • all that glitters/glistens/glisters is not gold
  • all that jazz
  • all that meat and no potatoes
  • all the
  • all the best
  • all the best to (someone)
  • all the better
  • all the difference in the world
  • all the feels
  • all the fixings
  • all the livelong day
  • all the marbles
  • all the more reason for
  • all the more reason for (doing something)
  • all the more reason to (do something)
  • all the rage
  • all the same
  • all the tea in China
  • all the thing
  • all the time
  • all the time in the world
  • all the trimmings
  • all the way
  • all the way down the line
  • all the way live
  • all the way to Egery and back
  • all the world loves a lover
  • all the world's a stage
  • all the worse for wear
  • all there
  • all things are difficult before they are easy
  • all things being equal
  • all things come to those who wait
  • all things considered
  • all things must pass
  • all things to all men
  • all things to all men, to be
  • all things to all people
  • all things to all people, be
  • all things will pass
  • all thumbs
  • all thumbs, to be
  • all to cock
  • all to smash
  • all to the better
  • all to the good
  • all told
  • all too (something)
  • all tore up
  • all tuckered out
  • all up
  • all very fine
  • all very well
  • all very well/fine but...
  • all vine and no taters
  • all walks of life
  • all well and good
  • all wet
  • all wet, to be
  • all women are like that
  • all wool and a yard wide
  • all wool and no shoddy
  • all work and no play
  • all work and no play (makes Jack a dull boy)
  • all wound up
  • all y'all
  • all y'all's
  • all year round
  • all your base are belong to us
  • all yours
  • all's fair in love and war
  • all's one to (one)
  • all's well that ends well
  • all, completely, etc. at sea
  • all-a-mort
  • all-in
  • all-nighter
  • all-out
  • all-out war
  • all-over oneself
  • all-singing, all-dancing
  • all-time high (low)
  • all/just the same
  • alright me babber
  • alright me lover
  • alright me luvver
  • alright my babber
  • alright my lover
  • alright my luvver
  • alter beyond (all) recognition
  • alter out of (all) recognition
  • an all-out effort
  • an all-rounder
  • an insult to one is an insult to all
  • and (all) that
  • and all
  • and all that
  • and all that jazz
  • and all this
  • and the rest
  • armed at all points
  • around Robin Hood's barn
  • as all get out
  • as all getout
  • as as all get out
  • as bad as all that
  • as big as all outdoors
  • at all
  • at all costs
  • at all events
  • at all hours
  • at all hours (of the day and night)
  • at all times
  • at sea
  • at sea, to be/all
  • away from it all
  • be (all) brothers/sisters under the skin
  • be (all) choked up
  • be (all) for (someone or something)
  • be (all) of a piece
  • be (all) out to (do something)
  • be (all) part of life's rich pageant
  • be (all) part of life's rich tapestry
  • be (all) set (to do something)
  • be (all) shot to hell
  • be (all) skin and bone(s)
  • be (not) all beer and skittles
  • be (not) all fun and games
  • be (not) all moonlight and roses
  • be all
  • be all (one) could do (not) to (do something)
  • be all (the) one (to someone)
  • be all Greek to someone
  • be all about (someone, something, or oneself)
  • be all about somebody/something
  • be all brawn and no brain(s)
  • be all dressed up and nowhere to go
  • be all ears
  • be all eyes
  • be all fingers and thumbs
  • be all for something/for doing something
  • be all fur coat and no knickers
  • be all go
  • be all hat and no cattle
  • be all heart
  • be all het up
  • be all in
  • be all in (one's)/the mind
  • be all in a day's work
  • be all in somebody's/the mind
  • be all like
  • be all mouth
  • be all one to
  • be all over
  • be all over (one)
  • be all over bar the shouting
  • be all over somebody
  • be all over the shop
  • be all right
  • be all roses
  • be all smiles
  • be all somebody can/could do to do something
  • be all sweetness and light
  • be all talk
  • be all talk (and no action)
  • be all that
  • be all the rage
  • be all the same to (one)
  • be all the same to somebody
  • be all the worse for wear
  • be all things to all men
  • be all things to all men/people
  • be all things to all people
  • be all thumbs
  • be all very well
  • be all wet
  • be as (something) as all get-out
  • be downhill all the way
  • be firing on all cylinders
  • be hitting on all cylinders
  • be laughing all the way to the bank
  • be not all it's cracked up to be
  • be not all there
  • be not all/quite there
  • be struck all of a heap
  • be worked up
  • be written all over (one's) face
  • be written all over somebody's face
  • be written all over your face
  • be-all and end-all
  • be-all and end-all, the
  • be/take all day, morning, etc.
  • beat (someone or something) all hollow
  • beat (something) all to pieces
  • beat all
  • beer and skittles, (life is) not all
  • beggar (all) description
  • best of all possible worlds, the
  • best of all worlds
  • best of both worlds
  • beyond question
  • big as all outdoors
  • big as life
  • blow (something) out of (all) proportion
  • blow it all
  • blown (all) out of proportion
  • boil (something) down to (something)
  • boots and all
  • break loose
  • bring (someone or something) all together
  • bring (something or someone) all together
  • bring all together
  • bugger all
  • by all accounts
  • by all appearances
  • by all manner of means
  • by all means
  • by all means of
  • by all means of (something)
  • by all odds
  • by/from all accounts
  • call (all) the shots
  • call all the shots
  • can't win them all
  • can’t win em all
  • can’t win them all
  • cap it (all) off
  • cap it all
  • cap it all off
  • carry all before (one)
  • carry all before you
  • change beyond (all) recognition
  • change out of (all) recognition
  • come in all shapes and sizes
  • come one, come all
  • contrary to all reason
  • cover all bases
  • cover all the bases
  • cover all the/your bases
  • crawl (all) over each other
  • cried all the way to the bank, he/she
  • cry all the way to the bank
  • daddy of them all
  • dick all
  • do (all) the running
  • do a dump on someone/something
  • do all right by (one)
  • do something for all you are worth
  • doesn't bother me any
  • dolled up
  • don't put all your eggs in one basket
  • don't spend it all in one place
  • don't that beat all!
  • down the line
  • downhill all the way
  • drool (all) over (someone or something)
  • drool all over someone/something
  • dump all over (someone or something)
  • dump all over someone/something
  • egg on your face
  • end it (all)
  • end it all
  • everything an' all
  • everything's going to be all right
  • explore all avenues
  • fall all over
  • fall all over (one)
  • fall all over (oneself)
  • fall all over oneself
  • fawn (all) over (one)
  • feel all the feels
  • fire on all cylinders
  • fire on all four cylinders
  • firing on all cylinders
  • firing/working on all cylinders
  • first and foremost
  • first of all
  • for (all) one's trouble
  • for (all) practical purposes
  • for all
  • for all (one's) (something)
  • for all (one) cares
  • for all (one) is worth
  • for all (one) knows
  • for all (the world) to see
  • for all I care
  • for all I know
  • for all I, you, etc. care
  • for all I, you, etc. know
  • for all intensive purposes
  • for all intents and purposes
  • for all is worth
  • for all it's worth
  • for all one is worth
  • for all one’s trouble
  • for all practical purposes
  • for all problems
  • for all someone is worth
  • for all someone knows
  • for all that
  • for all the world
  • for all the world as if (someone or something)
  • for all the world as if/though...
  • for all the world as though (someone or something)
  • for all to see
  • for all...
  • for good
  • for good and all
  • free-for-all
  • from all corners of the world
  • from all four corners of the world
  • from all sides
  • from/on all sides
  • fuck all
  • fuck it all
  • get (all) set
  • get away
  • get away from it all
  • get it (all) together
  • get it all together
  • get one's act together
  • get the all-clear
  • give (one's) all
  • give (one) the all-clear
  • give (something) (one's) all
  • give it all you've got
  • give somebody/get the all-clear
  • give the all-clear
  • go (all) around the houses
  • go all out
  • go all out for something
  • go all round the houses
  • go all the way
  • go hot and cold (all over)
  • go round the houses
  • go the way of all flesh
  • granddaddy of them all
  • great minds run in the same channel, all
  • greatest of all time
  • gussied up
  • gussied up, to get (all)
  • hang it
  • hang it (all)
  • have (all) the cards
  • have (an amount of) plates spinning
  • have (got) it all over
  • have (one's) name written all over it
  • have all (one's) buttons
  • have all (one's) marbles
  • have all marbles
  • have all one's buttons
  • have all one’s marbles
  • have all the aces
  • have all the answers
  • have all the hallmarks of (someone or something)
  • have all the hallmarks of somebody/something
  • have it
  • have it all over (someone)
  • have it all together
  • have it both ways
  • have somebody/something written all over it
  • have/know all the answers
  • haven't got all day
  • hit on all cylinders
  • hit on all six
  • hold (all) the aces
  • hold (all) the cards
  • hold all the aces
  • hold all the cards
  • hope against (all) hope
  • if all else fails
  • if all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail
  • if it's all the same
  • in (all) conscience
  • in (all) fairness (to one)
  • in a dither
  • in a dither, all
  • in all
  • in all (one's) (born) days
  • in all (one's) puff
  • in all but name
  • in all honesty
  • in all innocence
  • in all likelihood
  • in all modesty
  • in all my born days
  • in all one's born days
  • in all probability
  • in all seriousness
  • in all things
  • in all truthfulness
  • in all weathers
  • in all your puff
  • in all/good conscience
  • in any case
  • in conscience
  • in due course
  • in good time
  • in no time
  • in no time (at all)
  • in the same boat
  • in the same boat as, to be
  • is (someone) all over
  • is all
  • it (all) depends
  • it all boils down to
  • it all comes out in the wash
  • it is all up with
  • it is all up with (someone or something)
  • it takes all sorts
  • it will all come out in the wash
  • it'll (all) end in tears
  • it'll be all right on the night
  • it's all (one) can do (to do something)
  • it's all (the) one to me
  • it's all Greek to me
  • it's all downhill
  • it's all fun and games until someone loses an eye
  • it's all go
  • it's all good
  • it's all in your mind
  • it's all over bar the shouting
  • it's all over with
  • it's all right
  • it's all right for some
  • it's all systems go
  • it's all the same to me
  • it's/that's all right
  • it's/they're all yours
  • jack all
  • jack of all trades
  • jack of all trades is a master of none
  • jack of all trades, master of none
  • jump all over
  • jump all over (one)
  • jump all over someone
  • keep (an amount of) balls in the air
  • keep (an amount of) plates spinning
  • keep all the plates spinning
  • kidding aside
  • know all the angles
  • know all the answers
  • know it all
  • know where (all) the bodies are buried
  • know where all the bodies are buried
  • know-all
  • know-it-all
  • laugh all the way to the bank
  • least of all
  • let it all hang out
  • life isn't all rainbows and unicorns
  • life isn't all sunshine and rainbows
  • look (all) set (to do something)
  • look for all the world like
  • look for all the world like (someone or something)
  • lose (one's) marbles
  • lose all one’s marbles
  • love conquers all
  • maid of all work
  • make (all) the right noises
  • make (all) the running
  • make all the difference
  • make all the difference (in the world)
  • milk (something) for all (something) is worth
  • money is the root of all evil
  • moonlight and roses
  • most of all
  • new to (all (of)) this
  • not (all) that good/bad/well/poor/etc.
  • not all (someone or something) is cracked up to be
  • not all black and white
  • not all is cracked up to be
  • not all it's cracked up to be
  • not all men
  • not all roses
  • not all that
  • not all that good, well, etc.
  • not all there
  • not all, everything, etc. somebody/something is cracked up to be
  • not as (something) as all that
  • not as bad, tall, etc. as all that
  • not at all
  • not be all beer and skittles
  • not be all day
  • not be all morning
  • not be all there
  • not everything (someone or something) is cracked up to be
  • not for all the tea in China
  • not have all (one's) buttons
  • not have all (one's) marbles
  • not have all day
  • not have all marbles
  • not take all day
  • not take all morning
  • not the be-all and end-all
  • of a piece
  • of all people
  • of all people/places/things
  • of all places
  • of all the
  • of all the cheek, nerve, stupid things to do, etc.!
  • of all things
  • of all time
  • olly olly oxen free
  • on (one's) deathbed
  • on (one's) own
  • on all fours
  • on all fours with
  • on all fours with (something)
  • on all hands
  • on all sides
  • once and for all
  • one and all
  • other things being equal
  • other/all things being equal
  • out of all scotch and notch
  • out of proportion
  • out of steam
  • play (all) the angles
  • play (something) for all (something) is worth
  • play it for all it's worth
  • press (all) the right buttons
  • pull all the stops out
  • pull an all-nighter
  • pull out all the stops
  • pull out all the stops, to
  • put all (one's) eggs in one basket
  • put all eggs in one basket
  • put all one's eggs in one basket
  • put all your eggs in one basket
  • put all your eggs into one basket
  • ride off in all directions
  • romp all over (someone or something)
  • romp on
  • roses, roses all the way
  • roses, roses, all the way
  • rub (something) (all) over (someone or something)
  • run off in all directions
  • run on all cylinders
  • salivate (all) over (someone or something)
  • says it all
  • seen one, seen them all
  • seen one, seen them all, if/when you've
  • self-praise is no praise (at all)
  • self-praise is no recommendation (at all)
  • shit all over (someone or something)
  • shit all over somebody/something
  • shoot (someone or something) (all) to hell
  • slobber (all) over (someone or something)
  • sod all
  • some people have all the luck
  • sound as a barrel
  • splash all over (someone or something)
  • spread all over
  • spread all over (something or some place)
  • step all over (one)
  • still and all
  • strew (something) (all) over (someone or something)
  • strew (something) on (something)
  • strike (something) into
  • sweet fuck all
  • sweetness and light
  • tell all
  • tell-all
  • that (all) depends
  • that beats all
  • that beats all to pieces
  • that's (someone) all over
  • that's about all
  • that's about all/it
  • that's all
  • that's all I need
  • that's all for
  • that's all for (someone or something)
  • that's all needs
  • that's all right
  • that's all she wrote
  • the (most) unkindest cut (of all)
  • the be-all and end-all
  • the best of both/all worlds
  • the cards beat all the players
  • the daddy of them all
  • the elevator doesn't go all the way to the top
  • the granddaddy of them all
  • the most unkindest cut of all
  • the mother and father of all (something)
  • the mother of all
  • the mother of all (something)
  • the shame of it (all)
  • the something to end all sths
  • the worst of both/all worlds
  • the/a (something) to end all (somethings)
  • third time pays for all
  • tick all the (right) boxes
  • till all hours
  • till all hours (of the day and night)
  • till/until all hours
  • time heals all wounds
  • to all appearances
  • to all intents and purposes
  • to beat all
  • to beat the band
  • to cap it all (off)
  • to crown it all
  • to end all
  • to the good
  • to top it all (off)
  • to top/cap/crown it all
  • top it (all) off
  • touch (on) all (the) bases
  • touch all the bases
  • turn out all right
  • unkindest cut of all, (most)
  • until all hours
  • until all hours (of the day and night)
  • walk all over
  • walk all over (someone)
  • walk all over somebody
  • walk all over someone, to
  • war to end all wars
  • warts and all
  • well and good
  • what it (all) comes down to
  • what's all this
  • what's all this in aid of?
  • what's all this/that?
  • when all is said and done
  • when all's (is) said and done
  • when all's said and done
  • when you've seen one (something), you've seen them all
  • when you've seen, heard, etc. one, you've seen, heard, etc. them all
  • who ate all the pies
  • winner take all
  • winner takes all
  • with (all due) respect
  • with (one's) whole heart
  • with all (one's) heart
  • with all (one's) might
  • with all due respect
  • with all guns blazing
  • with all heart
  • with all my heart
  • with all one's heart
  • with all the fixin's
  • with all the trimmings
  • with all your heart/your whole heart
  • won't bother me any
  • work all the hours God sends
  • work on all cylinders
  • work out
  • worked up
  • worked up, be
  • wouldn't do (something) for all the tea in China
  • wouldn't do something for all the tea in China
  • written all over (one's) face
  • written all over your face
  • yap, yap, yapping all day
  • yap, yap, yapping all day long
  • yes all women
  • you all
  • you can't win 'em all
  • you can't win them all
  • your all