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all the rage
Idioms and Phrases
Also, all the thing . The current or latest fashion, with the implication that it will be short-lived, as in In the 1940s the lindy-hop was all the rage . The use of rage reflects the transfer of an angry passion to an enthusiastic one; thing is vaguer. [Late 1700s] These terms are heard less often today than the synonym the thing .Example Sentences
In the early days of this year’s season, torpedo bats have become all the rage for big-league hitters.
The chocolate-covered marshmallow treats had apparently been all the rage prior to this - being eaten by crewmen as they flew nuclear bombers on long training sorties at the height of the Cold War.
Stills: But big stacks of Marshalls were all the rage.
Robotic vacuums are all the rage, but what about when you need to vacuum the couch or car?
Given all the rage, anger, uncertainty and the extremely polarized and divided society we are living in right now, our spiritual communities are experiencing that too.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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