BE ALL AND END ALL
Dictionary entry overview: What does be all and end all mean? • BE ALL AND END ALL (noun)
The noun BE ALL AND END ALL has 1 sense:
1. the essential factor; the all-important element; the supreme aim
Familiarity information: BE ALL AND END ALL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• BE ALL AND END ALL (noun)
Meaning:
The essential factor; the all-important element; the supreme aim
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
be all and end all; be-all and end-all
Context example:
profit is the be-all and end-all of business
Hypernyms ("be all and end all" is a kind of...):
component; constituent; element; factor; ingredient (an abstract part of something)
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