Meaning of all of a heap | Babel Free
Examples
“I walked straight in expecting to find⟳ her waiting for me in the front room, — I was struck all of a heap when I found she wasn’t there.”
“1916, Algernon Blackwood, The Dance⟳ of Death, first published in The Quest: A Quarterly Review⟳ What caught me all of a heap was that million-dollar sense⟳ of beauty, youth, and happiness.”
“All of a sudden he remembered the spooks, and it knocked him all of a heap.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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