across-the-boardadjective [ before noun ]
uk/əˌkrɒs.ðəˈbɔːd/us/əˌkrɑːs.ðəˈbɔːrd/affecting everyone or everything within an organization, system, or society:
The proposed across-the-board cuts for all state agencies will total $84 million.
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Someone, anyone, no one or everyone
- all and sundry idiom
- all comers
- anybody
- anyone
- everybody
- man
- no one
- nobody
- one
- one and all idiom
- one-size-fits-all
- people
- sb
- sundry
- the SBS
- the whole lot idiom
- the world and his wife idiom
- to a man idiom
- whole
- world
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