for all intents and purposes

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Definition of for all intents and purposes

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—used to say that one thing has the same effect or result as something else Their decision to begin bombing was, for all intents and purposes, a declaration of war.

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for all intents and purposes

for all one knows

for (all) practical purposes

for all (someone) cares

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