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for all intense and purposes

for all intense and purposes prepositional phrase: eggcorn of for all intents and purposes.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Eggcorn of for all intents and purposes.

Questions about for all intense and purposes

What does for all intense and purposes mean?
For all intense and purposes means eggcorn of for all intents and purposes.
What part of speech is for all intense and purposes?
For all intense and purposes is a prepositional phrase.

Words near for all intense and purposes in the dictionary

  1. for a time
  2. for a while
  3. for Africa
  4. for all
  5. for all intended purposes
  6. for all intense and purposes
  7. for all intense purposes
  8. for all intensive purposes
  9. for all intents and purposes
  10. for all intrinsic purposes
  11. for all money

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