all or none
No partial acceptance
All or none describes situations where only two outcomes exist: complete success or total failure, full acceptance or outright rejection.
The phrase functions as an adjective or adverb: It's an all-or-none proposition—either we get full funding or we walk away.
In physiology, the all-or-none law states that nerve fibers fire at full strength or not at all.
- binaryConsisting of two parts
- absoluteTotal, without qualification
- totalComplete sum
- completeLacking nothing, fully done
- whole hogEntirely, without reservation
threshold · extreme · black-and-white · ultimatum · commitment · gamble · stakes · go big or go home · decisive · moment of truth · now or never · unconditional · wholehearted · rigid · uncompromising · take it or leave it · polarized · either-or
all or nonepartial
Favoring one side
gradual · incremental · some · piecemeal · in part
all or nonenegotiable
Open to agreement
compromise · give and take · flexible · middle ground · flexible terms
all or nonenegotiable
Open to agreement
flexible terms · bargainable · conditional · meet in the middle · split the difference