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1. To the degree or extent that; insofar as. We might as well have been educated by dogs for all the good their teaching did! For all I know, she could be living in Timbuktu by now!

2. In spite of; notwithstanding. For all our efforts to stop the bill, it still cleared both the House and the Senate with ease.

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1 in spite of...: For all his qualifications, he isn’t really very good at the job. ♢ For all her claims to be efficient, she is a very slow worker.
2 used for saying that the thing you mention does not matter or make any difference: He can do what he wants, for all I care (= I don’t care what he does). ♢ ‘Where’s Peter?’ ‘For all I know, he may be dead.’

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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 one is worth
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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 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
for example
for fair
for fear of
for fear of something/of doing something
for free
for fuck's sake
for fun
for God's sake
for God's, heaven's, pity's, etc. sake
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for all the world as though me
for all the world as though one
for all the world as though somebody
for all the world as though someone
for all the world as though something
for all the world as though them
for all the world as though us
for all the world as though you
for all the world like
for all the world to see
for all they are worth
for all they care
for all they know
for all they're worth
for all to see
for all to see
for all we are worth
for all we care
For All We Know
For All We Know
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for all you are worth
for all you care
for all you care
for all you care
for all you care
for all you care
for all you care
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for all you're worth
for all...
For Angles of commutation
For Answers I Trust Him
for any price
For Anyone Who Cares
for anything
for anything
for anything (in the world)
For Anything I Trust Him
for anything in the world
For Artists, By Artists
For At
For Auction
for auld lang syne
For Australian Wildlife Needing Aid
For Automated Search of the Catalog
For Avoidance Of Doubt
For aye
For because
For Benefit
For Benefit
For best
For Best Offer
For Better Computing
for better or (for) worse
for better or (for) worse
For Better or For Worse
For Better or For Worse
For Better or For Worse
For Better or For Worse
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