ALL THE SAME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does all the same mean? 

• ALL THE SAME (adverb)
  The adverb ALL THE SAME has 1 sense:

1. despite anything to the contrary (usually preceding a concession)

  Familiarity information: ALL THE SAME used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALL THE SAME (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Despite anything to the contrary (usually preceding a concession)

Synonyms:

all the same; at the same time; even so; however; nevertheless; nonetheless; notwithstanding; still; withal; yet

Context example:

granted that it is dangerous, all the same I still want to go

 Context examples 

‘Thank you, Maggie,’ says I; ‘but if it is all the same to you, I’d rather have that one I was handling just now.’

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It may prove the simplest matter in the world, but all the same at first glance this is just a little curious, is it not?

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He has much fine clothes and is all the same white man, and he has gathered large wisdom so that he is very quick head man in the village.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

We get the small truth first. Good! We keep him, and we value him; but all the same we must not let him think himself all the truth in the universe.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

It may cripple you some, but all the same you’ll be learning to walk.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

"By God!" he cried to himself, once; "I'm just as good as them, and if they do know lots that I don't, I could learn 'm a few myself, all the same!"

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

After him came several others; but they had all the same luck, and all lost their lives in the same manner.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

Well, so was Jack James an American citizen, but he’s doing time in Portland all the same.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Well, it’s no use, sir,” said Harrison, “but I’d be glad to hear about it all the same.”

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

All the same, we were afraid to breathe.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)