across the board

Significado

affecting everyone or everything, with no exceptions

Para todos o para todo, sin excepción.

Ejemplos

1. 1The company announced a five per cent pay rise across the board.
2. 2Prices have gone up across the board, from bread to bus fares.
3. 3Our exam marks improved across the board: every single subject went up.
4. 4Will the new tax affect families across the board, or only those on high incomes?
5. 5Staff across the board were given an extra day's holiday this year.

Gramática

Suele ir después de un verbo o un sustantivo: cut prices across the board. Delante de un sustantivo lleva guiones: an across-the-board pay rise.