for all

1. Also, for all that . In spite of, notwithstanding. For example, For all her protests she still loved the attention , or He's too old for the part but he did a good job for all that . [Early 1300s]

2. . So far as one knows; also, one doesn't really care or know. These phrases are employed like a negative. For example, He can buy ten houses for all I care , meaning one doesn't care at all, or For all I know she's gone to China , meaning one doesn't really know where she is. [Mid-1700s]

Example Sentences

To Rosenberg, this “catch-all” language was still too broad, and still would have “justified … using the data for all kinds of things.”

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The emergency funds will not cover the roughly $9 billion required for all November benefits, according to the USDA.

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Yet for all England's good work they were unable to capitalise with points from more repeat sets and, even when Australia full-back Reece Walsh was sin-binned in the second half, frustratingly for Wane and his staff on the sidelines, they were unable to find their way back into the contest.

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For all of its high principle, there is a dark side to this statement.

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“You have people making $5 million a year who can’t afford things. It’s a strange alternate universe,” said Rachel Glazer, a Compass real-estate broker who lives and sells property in Tribeca, one of the priciest neighborhoods in the city, where wealth creates competition for all kinds of services.

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