ALL TO

Definition: ALL TO

ALL TO

1. '' ``all to break,'' ``all-to frozen,'' etc., which are of frequent occurrence in our old authors, the all and the to have commonly been regarded as forming a compound adverb, equivalent in meaning to entirely, completely, altogether. But the sense of entireness lies wholly in the word all (as it does in ``all forlorn,'' and similar expressions), and the to properly belongs to the following word, being a kind of intensive prefix (orig. meaning asunder and answering to the LG. ter-, HG. zer-). It is frequently to be met with in old books, used without the all. Thus Wyclif says, ``The vail of the temple was to rent:'' and of Judas, ``He was hanged and to-burst the middle:'' i. e., burst in two, or asunder.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Destruction

Verb: be destroyed; perish; fall to the ground; tumble, topple; go to pieces, fall to pieces; break up; crumble to dust; go to the dogs, go to the wall, go to smash, go to shivers, go to wreck, go to pot, go to wrack and ruin; go by the board, go all to smash; be all over, be all up, be all with; totter to its fall.

Possession

Engross, monopolize, forestall, regrate, impropriate, have all to oneself; corner; have a firmhold of; (retain); get into one's hand; (acquire).

Crosswords: ALL TO

Do you have any reaction at all to my telling you I love you (Terms of Endearment; writing credit: Larry McMurtry; James L. Brooks)

My story starts at sea a perilous voyage to an unknown land a shipwreck the wild waters roar and heave the brave vessel is dashed all to pieces, and all the helpless souls within her drowned all save one a lady whose soul is greater than the ocean and her spirit stronger than the sea's embrace not for her a watery end, but a new life beginning on a stranger shore (Shakespeare in Love; writing credit: Marc Norman; Tom Stoppard)

I'd like to welcome you all to an event that's sometimes been called the Automotive counterpart to the Bay of Pigs (The Cannonball Run; writing credit: Brock Yates)

! I'll find a cure and keep it all to myself, and then watch you transform more and more into what you are deep down in your heart (Invader ZIM; writing credit: Carel Donck)

That ruthless bastard offered me a 5-year contract, paid vacation, a huge signing bonus, all to make a dispute over slipcovers go away (Will & Grace; writing credit: Evan Weinstein)

Oh baby, bring it all to me (Bring It All To Me; performing artist: Blaque)

Life is all to short to spend on doing boring things, (We Live; performing artist: Bosson)

That I've got to get it all to get it all to grow (Do Ya; performing artist: Electric Light Orchestra)

Was captured for all to compare (Clair; performing artist: Gilbert O'Sullivan)

And I owe it all to you (Differences; performing artist: Ginuwine)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Teach Them All to Read: Catching the Kids Who Fall Through the Cracks (reference)

• The Charlie Osburn Story: You Gotta Give It All to Jesus (reference)

• Make It Unanimous: How To Get All To Act As One (reference)

  (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

The power of the father doth not reach at all to the property of the child, which is only in his own disposing. (Second Treatise of Government)

Equal liability of all to labour. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Leave it all to me.

There is nothing at all to fear on the side of the populace of the capital

And all to leave what with his toil he won To that unfeather'd two-legged thing, a son.

That was all to make him laugh

But leave it all to God.

Done it all to herself

I called out several times as loud as I could raise my voice, but all to no purpose

I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself than be crowded on a velvet cushion

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Economic History

Jamaica

The government expects all to be adopted within months, at which time, Jamaica's intellectual property legislation should be in accordance with WTO TRIPs standards. (references)

Human Rights

Russia

Some cases were put on the Court's calendar for fuller consideration, but because of the extreme complexity of the procedure, and because the Government has failed to reply expeditiously or at all to the initial complaints accepted by the ECHR, no cases have yet been heard on their merits. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "ALL TO": have all to oneself ♦ it is all to the good. Additional references.

Arabic 

‏هنيئا لك (it is all to the good). (various references)

Danish

at fremme adgang for alle til de respektive kulturelle frembringelser (to promote access by all to respective cultural achievements). (various references)

Dutch

het bevorderen van de toegang van allen tot de onderscheiden culturele prestaties (to promote access by all to respective cultural achievements). (various references)

French

favoriser l'accès de tous aux réalisations culturelles respectives (to promote access by all to respective cultural achievements), c'est bien (it is all to the good). (various references)

German

allzu (all too, excessively, far to, far too, not any too, over, overly, too). (various references)

Hungarian

vmire (born, have a desire for sg, in the matter of sg, it's the devil and all to get him do sg, it's the devil and all to make him do sg, on the score of sg, over sg, over the top of sg, swearing, to be eager about sg, to be eager for sg, to bribe, to bring sy up to the scratch, to cozen sy into doing sg, to depend upon sg, to descend to doing sy, to egg sy on to do sg, to egg sy to do sg, to exchange sg for sg, to force sy into doing sg, to get on to sg, to get sy to do sg, to look on sg with a critical eye, to overlook, to persuade sy to do sg, to take care of sg, to try after, to try for), tiszta haszon! (it's all to the good!), pokoli munka őt rávenni (it's the devil and all to get him do sg, it's the devil and all to make him do sg), pokoli munka őt rábírni vmire (it's the devil and all to get him do sg, it's the devil and all to make him do sg). (various references)

Italian

favorire l'accesso di tutti alle rispettive realizzazioni culturali (to promote access by all to respective cultural achievements). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

尽瘁 (giving one's all to). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

じ�"すい (giving one's all to). (various references)

Pig Latin

allay otay.(various references)

Russian 

все к лучшему (all to the good), все ни к чему (all to nothing). (various references)

Spanish

todo para bien (it is all to the good), promover el acceso de todos a las respectivas realizaciones culturales (to promote access by all to respective cultural achievements). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: allot, atoll.

-1 letter: alto, lota, olla, tall, tola, toll.

-2 letters: all, alt, lat, lot, oat, tao.

-3 letters: al, at, la, lo, ta, to.

+1 letter: allots, atolls, ballot, hallot, maltol, tallol, tallow.

+2 letters: axolotl, ballots, challot, collate, fallout, floatel, galliot, galloot, glottal, halloth, latosol, litoral, loathly, loyalty, maillot, maltols, outfall, reallot, shallot, tallboy, tallols, tallows, tallowy, tallyho, tollage, tollbar, tollman, tollway, tonally, totally.

+3 letters: allocate, allopath, allotted, allottee, allotter, allotype, allotypy, antiroll, atonally, axolotls, ballonet, balloted, balloter, boatbill, challoth, clitoral, coitally, collaret, collated, collates, collator, fallouts, fellatio, fellator, flatlong, floatels, flotilla, folktale, football, footfall, footwall, galliots, gallipot, galloots, illation, latosols, littoral, loathful, lobately, lobulate, localist, localite, locality, loculate, locustal, loyalest, loyalist, maillots, martello, molality, mortally, mothball, oblately, ocellate, outfalls, postally, preallot, reallots, rostella, santalol, shallots, softball, stallion, tallboys, tallowed, tallyhos, teocalli, thalloid, thallous, tollages, tollbars, tollgate, tollways, tomalley, tortilla, totalled, trilobal, ultralow, volatile.