by and large

US /baɪ ənd ˈlɑːrdʒ/

UK /baɪ ənd ˈlɑːrdʒ/

1.

generally speaking; on the whole

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By and large, the new policy has been successful.

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The students, by and large, enjoyed the field trip.

:

generally mostly on the whole for the most part in general

:

large largely large-scale large white (as) large as life loom large