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Idiom idiom

all there


Mentally competent; not absent-minded or insane.

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


SIMPLE

“I wonder if he is all there sometimes.”

CONTEXTUAL

“After he started talking to the wall for ten minutes, I began to doubt he was all there.”

COMPLEX

“The witness gave such a bizarre and incoherent account of the events that the judge questioned whether he was entirely all there.”


Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    as if there were no tomorrow

    To an excessive degree, oftentimes with little to no regard to future consequences; desperately; recklessly or wantonly; frantically; very quickly or very much.

  2. 02

    be there

    To be available to provide comfort and support for someone, especially in a period of difficulty.

  3. 03

    been there, done that

    An assertion that the speaker has personal experience or knowledge of a particular place or topic and is not too keen on revisiting or redoing it again.

  4. 04

    been there, done that, bought the T-shirt

    Expresses the speaker's complete familiarity with a situation, with overtones of cynicism or exhaustion.

  5. 05

    been there, done that, got the T-shirt

    Alternative form of been there, done that, bought the T-shirt.

  6. 06

    don't go there

    Do not broach that topic.

  7. 07

    get there

    To succeed after a lengthy attempt.

  8. 08

    here, there and everywhere

    In or to many different places; all over the place.

Last updated August 10, 2026