on the whole

US /ɑːn ðə hoʊl/

UK /ɑːn ðə hoʊl/

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considering everything; in general

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On the whole, I'm happy with the results.

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The weather was bad, but on the whole, we had a good vacation.

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generally overall all in all by and large for the most part

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whole whole milk whole note double whole note go the whole hog the whole nine yards