all's

See also: alls and Alls

English

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Contraction

all's

  1. Contraction of all is.
    Everything will be fine when all's said and done.
  2. Contraction of all has.
  3. (now colloquial) Contraction of all as (“all that; alls”).
    All's I know is that there are still many expressions missing.
    • 1960 January 10, Walt Kelly, Pogo, Sunday, comic strip, →ISBN, page 268:
      [Turtle, playing flute and prancing:] All's I can say, if you want spring to hustle along you gotta encourage it.
      [Albert:] An' all's I can say is how can you be so fey?

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