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[at all hazards]  {adv. phr.}

With no regard for danger; at any risk; regardless of the chances you must take.

[at all hours]  {adv. phr.}

Any time; all the time; at almost any time.

[at anchor]  {adj. phr.}

Held by an anchor from floating away; anchored.

[at any rate]  {adv. phr.}

In any case; anyhow.

It isn't much of a car, but at any rate it was not expensive.

Compare: [AT LEAST] (2), [IN ANY CASE].

[at arm's length]

See: [KEEP AT A DISTANCE] or [KEEP AT ARM'S LENGTH].

[at bay]  {adv.} or  {adj. phr.}

In a place where you can no longer run away; unable to go back farther; forced to stand and fight, or face an enemy; cornered.

The dog ran the rat into a corner, and there the rat turned at bay.

* /The police chased  […]

[at best] or [at the best]  {adv. phr.}

1. Under the best conditions; as the best possibility.

A coal miner's job is dirty and dangerous at best.

We can't get to New York before ten o'clock at best.

Compare: [AT MOST].

Contrast: [AT WORST].

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[at both ends]

See: [BURN THE CANDLE AT BOTH ENDS].

[at call]  {adj.} or  {adv. phr.}

1. Ready or nearby for use, help, or service; on request.

Thousands of auto insurance agents all over the country are at the insured person's call, wherever he may travel.

2. At the word of command; at an order or  […]

[at close range]  {adv. phr.}

Close by; in proximity.