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of all things

surprisingly The biggest change in the band came when Dee Dee left in 1989 to become, of all things, a rapper.

Related vocabulary: of all people

See also: all, of, thing

of all things

From all the possibilities, as in I said I'd help in any way I can, and of all things they want me to handle publicity. This term, generally expressing surprise, was first recorded in 1925.

See also: all, of, thing