OXFORD 9000
📚 prep_phrase • entry_id 29291

after all

Meanings (ES + gloss)
al fin y al cabo • al final • después de todo
anyway, in any case; indicates a statement is true regardless of other considerations; used to reinforce or explain a point.
After all, they never come home for Christmas.
Of course he won't give you credit. After all, his first and last concern is his company's profit margin.
después de todo
in the end, however; used in referring to something that was believed to be the case, but is not; or to an outcome that is not what was expected or predicted.
Then the idea returned to her that, after all, her son might not be innocent in the Ellen matter—and this was so interesting that she felt bound to get as near the truth as she cou…
They won't be coming home for Christmas after all.
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