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all for

all for preposition: completely in favour of.

Preposition

all for

  1. Completely in favour of.
    • I'm all for people being able to speak their minds.
  2. Merely for the sake of.
    • Esau sold Jacob his birthright all for a bowl of lentil stew.

Questions about all for

What does all for mean?
All for means completely in favour of.
What part of speech is all for?
All for is a preposition.

Words near all for in the dictionary

  1. all fingers and thumbs
  2. all foam and no beer
  3. all foam, no beer
  4. All Fools' Day
  5. All Fools' Days
  6. all for
  7. all for nought
  8. all found
  9. all fours
  10. all fur and no knickers
  11. all fur coat and no knickers

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