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