all for in English

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      "expansion": "all for",
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  "pos": "prep",
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    {
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I'm all for people being able to speak their minds.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Completely in favour of."
      ],
      "id": "all_for-en-prep-OxKK4WzY",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "Completely in favour of."
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "english": "to be all for",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "completely in favour",
          "word": "kannattaa täysin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "completely in favour",
          "word": "completamente a favor (de)"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Esau sold Jacob his birthright all for a bowl of lentil stew.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Merely for the sake of."
      ],
      "id": "all_for-en-prep-me09eLAl",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of an undertaking) Merely for the sake of."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "of an undertaking"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "all for"
}

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          "text": "I'm all for people being able to speak their minds.",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Completely in favour of."
      ],
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        "Completely in favour of."
      ]
    },
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        {
          "text": "Esau sold Jacob his birthright all for a bowl of lentil stew.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Merely for the sake of."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of an undertaking) Merely for the sake of."
      ],
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        "of an undertaking"
      ]
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "to be all for",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "completely in favour",
      "word": "kannattaa täysin"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "completely in favour",
      "word": "completamente a favor (de)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "all for"
}

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"all for" meaning in English

Preposition