across the board

alternative across-the-board

1. idiomaticPertaining to all categories or things.

   […]in favor of a straight across-the-board salary increase[…]

   1949, United States Congress Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, Hearings

   3 more examples

   A common technique (variously known as an emergency brake or meat axe budgeting) used by governments is across-the-board cuts;

   1983, A. Premchard, Government Budgeting and Expenditure: Theory and Practice

   Chile provides the region's best example of a country that has successfully reformed its core public administration across the board.

   1998, Shahid Javed Burki, Guillermo Perry, Beyond the Washington Consensus: Institutions Matter

   "I like the young, andro look, but I've dated across the board—butches, femmes, trannies—and that really bothers Clara.

   2004, New York

2. gamblingHaving an equal amount staked on a competitor placing first, second, or third.
3. board gamesOf a move or sequence of play, made in response to developments occurring in the game, as opposed to pre-planned or according to theory.