all but• It is said that the seafloor is a desert, a vast and uniformwasteland, all butdevoid of life.• Sometimes it seems home baking is a tradition that has all butdisappeared.• "Can we go home now?" "Just one moment - I've all butfinished my work."• The players should therefore be treated like the professionals they are in all but name, and be paid for their work.• Bidding continues until all but one eligiblecandidateremains.• They are spreading the idea that the contest is already all but over.• By now the war was all but over.• However, for Moi, this has all but stopped.• I was the only woman on all but two of those twenty boards.• She has missedall but two of twelve attemptstonight.• Every UMass player saw action, and all but two played at least 10 minutes.