Meanings
- expresses that someone does not care at all about some hypothetical situation becoming reality
He can gamble away his last penny for all I care.
1 more example
My mother could have left me standing out in the cold for all my father cared.
Synonyms: as far as someone is concerned, for all of someone
Synonyms & antonyms
phraseexpresses that someone does not care at all about some hypothetical situation becoming reality
Translations
Dutch wat ... betreft
- wat ... betreftsomeone really doesn't care (if)
German von ... aus, wegen
- von ... aussomeone really doesn't care (if)
- wegensomeone really doesn't care (if)
- ruhigsomeone really doesn't care (if)
- meinetwegensomeone really doesn't care (if)
Irish ar scáth ar chuma le
- ar scáth ar chuma lesomeone really doesn't care (if)
Polish nie obchodzić kogoś
- nie obchodzić kogośsomeone really doesn't care (if)
Cite this entry
for all someone cares. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/for%20all%20someone%20cares
“for all someone cares.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/for%20all%20someone%20cares. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “for all someone cares,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/for%20all%20someone%20cares.
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