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What does after all mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word after all? Here's what it means.

Prepositional phrase
  1. Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see after,‎ all.
  2. (idiomatic) Anyway, in any case; indicates a statement is true regardless of other considerations; used to reinforce or explain a point.
  3. (idiomatic) 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.
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Maybe agreeing with their parents' wacko idea was going to be fun after all.
About to refuse, she realized waltzing around the dance floor might have its uses after all.
Most of these physicists, after all, were not exactly quarterbacking the football team in high school.
We are talking about design and visual culture here, after all, not abstruse aspects of philosophy.
Then, after all the fuss, they'll just quietly send them on to New Zealand.
If we accept these humble terms, the quest for a soul mate might just be a noble pursuit after all.

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