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TAKE THE QUIZ“for the”
The following 58 entries include the term for the.
for the love of Mike/Pete
phrase—used to give added force to an angry statement
for the meantime
phrase: for the present time : until some time in the future
for the nonce
phrase: for now : for the moment
for the sake of appearances
phrase: because other people think it is the proper thing to do
for the sake of it
phrase: for no particular reason
for the sake of simplicity
phrase: in order to make something simpler and easier
for the simple reason that
phrase: because
for the use of
phrase: available to be used by
for (the) want of
phrase: because of not having (something) : because (something) does not exist or is not available
for the world
phrase: for any reason —used to make a statement more forceful
free for the taking
phrase: available if one wants it
go for the jugular
phrase: to attack or criticize an opponent in a very aggressive way
going for the gold
phrase: trying to win a gold medal
hope for the best
phrase: to hope that things will turn out as well as possible
miss the forest for the trees
phrase: to not understand or appreciate a larger situation, problem, etc., because one is considering only a few parts of it
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