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Phrase(s): for all the world
1. exactly; precisely. (Especially with look.) • She sat there looking for all the world as if she was going to cry. • It started out seeming for all the world like a beautiful day. Then a storm came up. 2. everything. (Usually in the negative.) • I wouldn’t give up my baby for all the world. • They wouldn’t sell their property for all the world.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs