of all things

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of all things

  1. (idiomatic) Especially; more than other things.
  2. (idiomatic, often used as a sentence adverb) Surprisingly.
    He reached into his pocket and pulled out, of all things, an ice cream cone.
    Well, of all things! Who would have expected him to propose to her on stage?
    • 2009, David Walliams, Mr Stink:
      Mother went a little pale. “Preposterous!” she said. “I don’t know what’s got into you!” She fiddled with her bouffant, almost as if she was nervous. “Your father, in a rock band of all things! First that exercise book full of outrageous stories, and now this!

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