all but
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adverbDefinition of ALL BUT
: very nearly : almost <would be all but impossible>
See Examples of ALL BUT
- Without you the job would have been all but impossible.
- We had all but given up hope.
First Known Use of ALL BUT
1598
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Rhymes with ALL BUT
abut, beechnut, blind gut, brush cut, buzz cut, catgut, chestnut, clean-cut, clear-cut, cobnut, cockshut, crew cut, crosscut, doughnut, foregut, groundnut, haircut, jump cut, kick butt, locknut, Meerut, midgut, offcut, peanut, pignut, pine nut, putt-putt, rebut, recut, rotgut, rough cut, sackbut, shortcut, somewhat, tut-tut, uncut, walnut, wing nut, woodcut
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