for all someone knows

for all (one) knows

Said when one is uncertain or has limited details about something. I haven't talked to Marie in weeks, so, for all I know, she's not even coming to the dinner party tonight.

for all someone knows

COMMON You use for all someone knows to say that person does not know the facts of a situation. For all we know, he may even not be in this country. She's had a miserable time staying faithful to someone who for all she knows might not be coming back.

for all someone knows

used to express the limited scope or extent of someone's information.

See also: all, know, someone

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for a song, to go/to buy/to sell
for a spin
for a start
for a wonder
for a/some reason/reasons best known to himself, herself, etc.
for Africa
for all
for all (one) cares
for all (one) is worth
for all (one) knows
for all (one's) (something)
for all (the world) to see
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for all I know
for all I, you, etc. care
for all I, you, etc. know
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for all intents and purposes
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for all it's worth
for all one is worth
for all one’s trouble
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for all problems
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for all that
for all the world
for all the world as if (someone or something)
for all the world as if/though...
for all the world as though (someone or something)
for all to see
for all...
for anything (in the world)
for auld lang syne
for auld lang syne/for old times' sake
for better or (for) worse
for better or for worse
for better or worse
for certain
for chicken feed
for Chrissake
for Christ's sake
for crying out loud
For crying out loud!
for days on end
for dear life
for donkey's years
for England
for ever and a day
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for all one's
for all one's complaining
for all one's difficulties
for all one's problems
for all one's shortcomings
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for all one’s trouble
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for all our complaining
for all our difficulties
for all our problems
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for all practical purposes
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for all practical purposes
for all problems
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for all she is worth
for all she knows
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for all somebody's
for all somebody's complaining
for all somebody's difficulties
for all somebody's problems
for all somebody's shortcomings
for all somebody's trouble
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for all someone's complaining
for all someone's difficulties
for all someone's problems
for all someone's shortcomings
for all someone's trouble
for all something
for all that
For All the Cows
For All the Emptiness
For All the Saints
for all the tea in China
for all the world
for all the world
for all the world
for all the world as if
for all the world as if (someone or something)
for all the world as if her
for all the world as if him
for all the world as if it
for all the world as if me
for all the world as if one
for all the world as if somebody
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for all the world as if something
for all the world as if them
for all the world as if us
for all the world as if you
for all the world as if/though...
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