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in all but name

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in all but name

very like something that is called something different He may call himself a liberal but he's actually a conservative in all but name.

See also: all, but, name

in all but name

if a situation exists in all but name, it exists although it is not officially described that way They'd been living together for over ten years. It was a marriage in all but name.

See also: all, but, name