Phrase guide

for all someone cares

phrase · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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phrase

Meaning 1

expresses that someone does not care at all about some hypothetical situation becoming reality

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • He can gamble away his last penny for all I care.
  • My mother could have left me standing out in the cold for all my father cared.

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Antonyms: none provided

History

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Across languages

Translations

6 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Dutch: wat ... betreft — someone really doesn't care (if)
  • German: von ... aus — someone really doesn't care (if)
  • German: wegen — someone really doesn't care (if)
  • German: ruhig — someone really doesn't care (if)
  • Irish: ar scáth ar chuma le — someone really doesn't care (if)
  • Polish: nie obchodzić kogoś — someone really doesn't care (if)