"for all the world" meaning in All languages combined

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Prepositional phrase [English]

Audio: en-au-for all the world.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=for all the world}} for all the world, {{en-prep phrase|for all the world}} for all the world
  1. (idiomatic) Entirely, to all appearances. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-for_all_the_world-en-prep_phrase-Z5w9Zj-4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "ref": "1861, Charles Reade, The Cloister and the Hearth",
          "text": "[…] not a ha'porth of him left but a goodish piece of his skin, just for all the world like a hedgehog's, and a piece o' old iron furbished up.",
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          "ref": "1885, Catherine Louisa Pirkis, Lady Lovelace",
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          "ref": "1917 September 5, Frank Hunter Potter, “Prevention First”, in Alfred Emanuel Smith, editor, New Outlook, page 17",
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