for love or money
idiom
informal
: for anything
—used to give added force to a negative statement
We couldn't get him to go along for love or money.
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Many of the models in zigzag dresses and skirt suits looked like angry, nasty, crazy women ready to kill for love or money.
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Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR, 20 May 2022
Dilemma exercise is supposed to see whether Liam and Millie are here for love or money, which is ridiculous.
—Charlotte Walsh, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2021
There was no yeast to be had for love or money.
—James Lileks, Star Tribune, 11 Apr. 2021
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Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR, 20 May 2022
Dilemma exercise is supposed to see whether Liam and Millie are here for love or money, which is ridiculous.
—Charlotte Walsh, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2021
There was no yeast to be had for love or money.
—James Lileks, Star Tribune, 11 Apr. 2021
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“For love or money.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/for%20love%20or%20money. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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