for all the world

1. 1.

   under any circumstances

   “she wouldn't give up her pets for love or money”

   Synonymsfor love or moneyfor anythingfor any price

Questions about for all the world

What does for all the world mean?

for all the world means "under any circumstances".

What is another word for for all the world?

Close synonyms include for love or money, for anything, for any price. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is for all the world a common word?

for all the world is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.