of all people

English

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Prepositional phrase

of all people

1. (idiomatic) Especially; more than other people
   • 1839, The works of the Reverend John Wesley, A.M.:

     You of all people have most need of perfect love; because this alone casts out fear

   • 1908, H. Rider Haggard, The Yellow God:

     What have you, of all people in the world, got to do with it?

See also

• of all things
• of all places

Further reading

• “of all people”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “of all people” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
• “of all people”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.