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Noun
be-all and end-all

1. idiomatic An obsession that one thinks is the most important part; essential, ultimate.

#: He thought that cars were the be-all and end-all of life.
#: profit|Profit is the be-all and end-all of business.

Translations
trans-top|an obsession one thinks is most important
French: raison d'être f
trans-mid
trans-bottom

Related terms
raison d'être

• 2007-10-06 01:16 - Connel MacKenzie - [[User:Connel MacKenzie/Format|mfmt]], ===Hdr===, {top/mid/bot}->trans, is this every used positively?

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