6. PHRASE : PHR with cl
If you say that something is true by all accounts or from all accounts, you believe it is true because other people say so.
- He is, by all accounts, a superb teacher.
... cobuild
※ used when the speaker does not have direct experience of the thing mentioned but is reporting the ideas, etc. of others
- I’ve never seen any of her movies, but she’s a brilliant director, by all accounts.
- It was, from all accounts, a very interesting discussion.
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