all but
Synonyms all but

all but

about

almost

approximately

close

closely

essentially

hard

just about

more or less

most

near

nearly

nigh

practically

roughly
Examples of use word all but Example 1A family of ducks were
walking down the road
when an 18-wheeler ran over
all but (synonyms of word all but above) 1 baby. Farther
down the road a
family of skunks were walking the other way when the
same
18-wheeler ran over
all but (synonyms of word all but above) one baby. The duck and the skunk finally
met
each other and the duck said, "Excuse me, my mom died down the
road.
Would you tell me what I am?" "Well", said the skunk "You have
webbed feet, a beak, and feathers. You must be a duck." "Thanks" said
the duck; then the skunk said, "My mom died down the road too, will
you tell me what I am?" "Well", said the duck, "Your black, your
white, & your mom's dead, you must be O.J.'s kid"
Read more about this joke.Example 2As Bill was approaching mid-life, physically
he
was a mess. Not only was he going bald, but years of office work
had
given him a large pot belly. The last straw came when he asked
a woman
co-worker out on a date, and she
all but (synonyms of word all but above) laughed at him.
That does it, he
decided. I'm going to start a whole new regimen. He
began attending
aerobics classes. He started working out with
weights. He changed his
diet. And he got an expensive hair transplant.
In six months, he was a
different man. Again, he asked his female
co-worker out, and this time she
accepted.
There he was, all
dressed up for the date, looking better than he ever
had. He stood
poised to ring the woman's doorbell, when a bolt of
lightning
struck him and knocked him off his feet. As he lay there dying,
he
turned his eyes toward the heavens and said, "Why, God, why now?
After
all I've been through, how could you do this to me?"
Fr
om up above, there came a voice, "Sorry. I didn't not recoginize
you."
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