for all you are worth
informalDefinition
› If you do something for all you are worth, you put a lot of effort into it: We pushed the car for all we were worth, but we still couldn't get it started.Trying and making an effortEffort and expending energy
(Definition of for all you are worth from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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for all the world idiom
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for anything (in the world) idiom
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Synonyms and related words:
- a blitz on sth idiom
- all-out adjective
- assault noun
- attempt noun
- attempt verb
- bash noun (ATTEMPT)
- foray noun (ATTEMPT)
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- go for sth phrasal verb (TRY)
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