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for all intense purposes

for all intense 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 purposes

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

Words near for all intense purposes in the dictionary

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

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