"don't that beat all" meaning in All languages combined

See don't that beat all on Wiktionary

Interjection [English]

Forms: if that don't beat all [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-interj|head=don't that beat all?}} don't that beat all?
  1. (Canada, US, informal) Expressing great wonder or surprise. Tags: Canada, US, informal Related terms: giddy limit, last straw, take the cake, take the biscuit
    Sense id: en-don't_that_beat_all-en-intj-oZweR9rG Categories (other): American English, Canadian English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "intj",
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        {
          "ref": "2012, Earl Cooke, Redemption of a Dark Hero, page 26:",
          "text": "Don't that beat all? A grown thirty-year-old with the measles!",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "Expressing great wonder or surprise."
      ],
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      ],
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        "(Canada, US, informal) Expressing great wonder or surprise."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "giddy limit"
        },
        {
          "word": "last straw"
        },
        {
          "word": "take the cake"
        },
        {
          "word": "take the biscuit"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Canada",
        "US",
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "don't that beat all"
}
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    {
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    },
    {
      "word": "take the cake"
    },
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    }
  ],
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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        "(Canada, US, informal) Expressing great wonder or surprise."
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