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The phrase "all-purpose tool" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a tool or item that is versatile and can serve multiple functions or purposes.
Example: "A Swiss Army knife is a great example of an all-purpose tool, as it can be used for cutting, screwing, and even opening bottles."
Alternatives: "multi-functional tool" or "versatile tool".
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His creative short game was his all-purpose tool, allowing Woods to save par several times from precarious positions.
Many models have fairly specialized uses, but a good all-purpose tool is the Scovil "Uncle Sam" hoe.
CRISPR is an all-purpose tool that promises great advances in the prevention of diseases caused by genetic mutations.
Most make sport and high-tech "tactical" knives (partly in pursuit of contracts from the military, which still regards a knife as the soldier's ideal all-purpose tool, and the weapon of last resort).
His grandfather, for example, never hunted for the one tool to serve as an all-purpose tool hub or for a tool that would eliminate the need for other tools.
It was also the most common, most all-purpose tool for nearly a million years — longer than any other tool in history — throughout Africa, the Middle East and much of Europe.
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And as many have noted, cell phones will become our all-purpose tools for interacting with the digital world, regardless of our location.
It was his all-purpose political tool.
However, cyclic GMP is an all-purpose biochemical tool.
FOR an all-purpose garden tool, you can't beat a full set of molars.
People couldn't turn away; there was something addictive about her visible agony, both as misery porn and an all-purpose rhetorical tool.
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