Usually means: Except for; with the exception.
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  1. all but: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. all but: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. all but: Collins English Dictionary
  4. all-but, all but: Wordnik
  5. all but: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. all-but, all but: Wiktionary
  7. All but, all but: Dictionary.com
  8. all but: Rhymezone
  9. all but: Free Dictionary
  10. All but: Dictionary/thesaurus
  11. all but: Merriam-Webster.com

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  1. all but: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (all but)

adverb:  Very nearly; everything short of. Most often precedes a verb or adjective.
adverb:  Everything except. Typically precedes a noun or noun phrase.

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