for all

Idioms  

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]

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Example Sentences

Yet for all their prevalence, how they form has remained unclear.

From Science Daily

For all the excitement that's running high in the Green ranks, their national polling success isn't necessarily being replicated in the council by-elections that take place all the time.

From BBC

I know they would want this money to be used for what brings me joy, but I feel deeply conflicted about paying for all of these major life milestones with this gift.

From MarketWatch

This rule means the person is considered to be filing for all benefits they are eligible for at the same time, such as both a retirement benefit and a spousal benefit.

From MarketWatch

Listening to her describe the seriousness with which she takes her duties; her love, as an immigrant, for this great nation; and her dedication to making life better for all Americans — especially children and families — I was reminded of the climactic scene in “A Wrinkle in Time,” when young Charles Wallace has been ensnared by the soothing rhetoric of the evil brain-washing IT.

From Los Angeles Times