is all

be all

slang To say or utter (something). Used as a reporting verb. So then Janet's all, "Blah, blah, blah," and Billy's all, "Yada, yada, yada." It was hilarious! I just got so frustrated waiting for her to decide that I was all, "Make up your mind, Tammy!" And then he was all, "You need to leave." Can you believe it?
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be all like

A phrase used in informal situations when one is recounting what someone else has said. And then he was all like, "You need to leave." Can you believe it? I just got so frustrated waiting for her to decide that I was all like, "Make up your mind, Tammy!" If you confront Charlie and he's all like, "I have no idea what you're talking about," he's lying!
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is all

Rur. That is all [and nothing more].; That is all I meant to say and there are no further implications. (Often used to end a sentence.) I'm not mad at you. I'm just disappointed, is all. Jane's not a bad kid. She's headstrong, is all.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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'It is all right!' said the Fingers, seizing her round the waist.
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The devotion of a life - it seems a life, it is all the same - is at an end; Miss Shepherd comes out of the morning service, and the Royal Family know her no more.
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Well, Athenians, this and the like of this is all the defence which I have to offer.
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