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for beans

for beans adverb: synonym of at all.

Adverb

for beans (not comparable)

  1. (colloquial, humorous, idiomatic) Synonym of at all.
    • Then he'd go and do some piss-ass thing that didn't count for beans and blow his horn.1998, Fern Michaels, Vegas Sunrise, page 279
    • Senator: Lie to me.
      Foreman: Okay. It'll, uh, feel like a gentle massage.
      Senator: House is a lousy teacher. You can't lie for beans.2005 April 12, “Role Model” (26:50 from the start), in House, M.D., season 1, episode 17, spoken by Senator Gary Wright (Joe Morton)
    Synonyms:
    at all

Synonyms of for beans

Questions about for beans

What does for beans mean?
For beans means synonym of at all.
What part of speech is for beans?
For beans is an adverb.

Words near for beans in the dictionary

  1. for and on behalf of
  2. for another thing
  3. for any sake
  4. for any sakes
  5. for as long as one can remember
  6. for beans
  7. for because
  8. for best
  9. for better or for worse
  10. for better or worse
  11. for better, for worse

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