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Idiom

all over but the shouting

Meaning

Such that the substance of the contest is complete, leaving only the cheering.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“The game is all over but the shouting now.”

“Once the last votes were counted, the election was all over but the shouting.”

“With the final contract signed and the merger approved, the months of tense negotiation were at last all over but the shouting.”

Examples

simple

“The game is all over but the shouting now.”

contextual

“Once the last votes were counted, the election was all over but the shouting.”

complex

“With the final contract signed and the merger approved, the months of tense negotiation were at last all over but the shouting.”

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