über allesphr.
/ˌuːbər ˈaləs/ Above all else. In quots. 1967, 1983 probably influenced by a misunderstanding of the opening words of the German national anthem, ‘Deutschland über alles’, as ‘Germany supreme’.
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the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or extraordinary > especially or particularly [phrase] > especially or most of all
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1967 Listener 21 Sept. 365/3 Advertising..is now advertising über Alles: it has become very big business indeed.
1979 Guardian 18 June 9/7 Monetarism, in the sense of giving precedence uber alles to restraining the growth of money supply.
1983 Times 22 Feb. 10/3 An exhibition..presented..by the British-Soviet Friendship Society…astronauts, Red Square, Lenin über alles.
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