all in

alternative all-in

1. datednot comparableVery tired.

   [Yawn] Well, I'm all in! Time to turn in! Good night all!

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   By half past seven we were both pretty nearly all in, and wet from innumerable fordings of the river, so we stopped and boiled some hot water with the sugar left over from lunch.

   1927 November 10, Aldo Leopold, “Part 2, Country: The Gila, 1927”, in Round River: From the Journals of Aldo Leopold, New York: Oxford University Press, published 1953

   I was ‘all in’ and ready for bed, but then we had to separate the milk.

   1933, Frank Clune, Try Anything Once, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 27

   Either the celebrated lilt of her voice was born in, or she had used it so much and so long that it might as well have been. She looked all in, no doubt of that, but the lilt was there.

   1955, Rex Stout, “The Next Witness”, in Three Witnesses, Bantam edition, Viking Press, published Oct 1994, →ISBN, page 51

2. UKnot comparableWith everything included.

   Synonyms: all-inclusive

3. not comparablecard gamesHaving no further stake to wager, but remaining active in a hand.

   By betting his last $100, John was all in.

4. not comparableTotally committed.

   John is now all in on getting this product to market by year end, come hell or high water.

comparative more all in · superlative most all in · alternative all-in

1. Synonym of all in all.

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   All in, one could perhaps be excused for thinking the right way to answer my employer’s question concerning my “pattern of sexual, emotional, and/or romantic attraction to men, women, and/or people of other genders” is not to tick the “I prefer not to answer” box but to opt instead for a respectful “none of your business” write-in. Are there places where the reservations I’ve suggested don’t come into view? Yes: the Canadian census, for example, asks some similarly probing questions — but from my perspective, it has a different standing. The information it requests is part of the relationship of citizenship, in which the government has obligations to the citizenry, and the citizenry has reciprocal obligations to the government. […] No such symmetry of right and obligation in an original social contract exists between employees and employers. Within the enabling constraints of law, I sell labour to my employer — nothing more, nothing less.

   2026 July 19, Paul Abela, “Of course my employers need certain private information — but their questions are getting more uncomfortable, and I think I know why. Opinion column”, in The Toronto Star

   Synonyms: all in all

plural all ins · alternative all-in

1. card gamesA hand where at least one player bets all of his or her chips.
2. card gamesA player who is all in.

   Since she was against an all in, Jill had no reason to bet.