across the board
/əˌkrɒs ðə ˈbɔːd/NEUTRAL · C2
Meaning
affecting everyone or everything, with no exceptions
Examples
- 1The company announced a five per cent pay rise across the board.
- 2Prices have gone up across the board, from bread to bus fares.
- 3Our exam marks improved across the board: every single subject went up.
- 4Will the new tax affect families across the board, or only those on high incomes?
- 5Staff across the board were given an extra day's holiday this year.
Grammar
Usually after a verb or noun: cut prices across the board. Before a noun it is hyphenated: an across-the-board pay rise.
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