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for what it's worth

informal

Definition

said when you are giving someone a piece of information and you are not certain if that information is useful or important: For what it's worth, I think he may be right. They are, for what it's worth, the single most successful eastern arts group in the West.UncertaintyHesitatingAchievable
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