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that's _____ for you

Idioms  

  1. This is the way something or someone is, as in She's changed her mind again; that's Mary for you, or They came close to winning but they lost; that's tennis for you.

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I think when you see that, you know that’s for you, you know that’s a unifying symbol.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2025

“I don’t know, that’s for you guys to decide,” Byron said.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 14, 2023

“That ‘W’ right there, that’s for you, Sam.”

From Washington Post • Sep. 8, 2022

"And it will never be about he and I. I know he won’t make it that and I won’t make it that, because that’s for you guys to do that."

From Fox News • Jan. 3, 2022

“Mrs. Hurd, whenever I play over to Mrs. Cobb’s, that’s for you, too.”

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt

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