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"etymology_text": "Originated with horse racing, where an \"across the board\" bet was one which covered first, second and third on the betting board.",
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"ref": "1983, A. Premchard, Government Budgeting and Expenditure: Theory and Practice",
"text": "A common technique (variously known as an emergency brake or meat axe budgeting) used by governments is across-the-board cuts;",
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"ref": "1998, Shahid Javed Burki, Guillermo Perry, Beyond the Washington Consensus: Institutions Matter",
"text": "Chile provides the region's best example of a country that has successfully reformed its core public administration across the board.",
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"(idiomatic) Pertaining to all categories or things."
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"sense": "pertaining to all categories or things",
"word": "kaikenkattava"
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"sense": "pertaining to all categories or things",
"word": "kautta laidan"
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"sense": "pertaining to all categories or things",
"word": "répandu"
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"sense": "pertaining to all categories or things",
"word": "tous azimuts"
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"sense": "pertaining to all categories or things",
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"_dis1": "95 2 3",
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"sense": "pertaining to all categories or things",
"word": "teljes körű"
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"sense": "pertaining to all categories or things",
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"_dis1": "95 2 3",
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"roman": "po vsem napravlénijam",
"sense": "pertaining to all categories or things",
"word": "по всем направле́ниям"
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"sense": "pertaining to all categories or things",
"word": "över hela linjen"
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"Having an equal amount staked on a competitor placing first, second, or third."
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"(gambling) Having an equal amount staked on a competitor placing first, second, or third."
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"Of a move or sequence of play, made in response to developments occurring in the game, as opposed to pre-planned or according to theory."
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"(chess) Of a move or sequence of play, made in response to developments occurring in the game, as opposed to pre-planned or according to theory."
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "pertaining to all categories or things",
"word": "kaikenkattava"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "pertaining to all categories or things",
"word": "kautta laidan"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "pertaining to all categories or things",
"word": "kauttaaltaan"
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{
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "pertaining to all categories or things",
"word": "généralisé"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "pertaining to all categories or things",
"word": "répandu"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "pertaining to all categories or things",
"word": "tous azimuts"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "pertaining to all categories or things",
"word": "általános"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "pertaining to all categories or things",
"word": "teljes körű"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "pertaining to all categories or things",
"word": "we wszystkich dziedzinach"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "pertaining to all categories or things",
"word": "bez wyjątku"
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"sense": "pertaining to all categories or things",
"tags": [
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"word": "powszechny"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "pertaining to all categories or things",
"word": "generalizado"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "po vsem napravlénijam",
"sense": "pertaining to all categories or things",
"word": "по всем направле́ниям"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vseobščij",
"sense": "pertaining to all categories or things",
"word": "всеобщий"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "pertaining to all categories or things",
"word": "över hela linjen"
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"word": "across the board"
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