If you say that you are all for doing something, you agree or strongly believe that it should be done, but you are also often suggesting that other people disagree with you or that there are practical difficulties.
I am all for cutting carbon dioxide emissions by giving subsidies to wind power.
He is all for players earning what they can while they are in the game.
I was all for it, but Wolfe said no.
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All related terms of 'all for'
for all
You use for all to indicate that the thing mentioned does not affect or contradict the truth of what you are saying .
be all for
to be strongly in favour of
for all that
in spite of that
for all time
If you say that something will be the case for all time , you mean that it will always be the case.
free-for-all
A free-for-all is a situation in which several people or groups are trying to get something for themselves and there are no controls on how they do it.
all for the best
turning out to be good or fortunate after all
for all I care
I am completely indifferent
for all sb cares
You can use for all I care to emphasize that it does not matter at all to you what someone does.
once and for all
If something happens once and for all , it happens completely or finally .
all the better for
improved as a result of
for all the world
in every way; exactly
for good (and all)
for always ; finally ; permanently
for all it is worth
If someone does something for all it is worth , they do it as much as possible and for as long as they can get benefit from it.
for all sb is worth
If you do something for all you are worth , you do it with a lot of energy and enthusiasm .
for all one is worth
to the utmost ; to the full extent of one's powers or ability
go for all the marbles
to take a great risk in the hope of a great gain
go all out for/to do sth
If you go all out to do something or go all out for something, you make the greatest possible effort to do it or get it.
for good
If something changes or disappears for good , it never changes back or comes back as it was before.
for no reason/ for no reason at all
If you say that something happened or was done for no reason , for no good reason , or for no reason at all , you mean that there was no obvious reason why it happened or was done.
for all practical purposes/to all intents and purposes
You use for all practical purposes or to all intents and purposes to suggest that a situation is not exactly as you describe it, but the effect is the same as if it were.
someone would not do something for all the tea in China
said to emphasize that someone definitely does not want to do something