All of the above
Also, none of the above. Each one (not any) of the above-named alternatives. For example, Have you decided to quit and announced your decision, or do you want to find another job first?—None of the above. These phrases originated as answers to a multiple-choice question on a test but are now also used colloquially, often as a form of avoiding a direct answer. They use above in the sense of “preceding,” a usage dating from the second half of the 1700s.
Read Also:
- All on
the cry uttered by a whipper-in to signify that all the hounds are accounted for.
- Once
at one time in the past; formerly: I was a farmer once; a once powerful nation. a single time: We ate there just once. We go to a movie once a week. even a single time; at any time; ever: If the facts once become known, it will be just too bad. by a single […]
- All one
see: all the same , def. 1.
- All one's switches
all one’s switches Related Terms not have all one’s switches on
- All-or-none law
the principle that under given conditions the response of a nerve or muscle fiber to a stimulus at any strength above the threshold is the same: the muscle or nerve responds completely or not at all. all-or-none law n. The principle that the strength by which a nerve or muscle fiber responds to a stimulus […]