"for all someone cares" meaning in English

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Phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|phrase}} for all someone cares
  1. expresses that someone does not care at all about some hypothetical situation becoming reality Synonyms: as far as someone is concerned, for all of someone Translations (someone really doesn't care (if)): von ... aus (German), wegen (German), ruhig (German), ar scáth ar chuma le (Irish), nie obchodzić kogoś [imperfective] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-for_all_someone_cares-en-phrase-JEuQmuIU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Polish links with redundant wikilinks

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          "text": "He can gamble away his last penny for all I care.",
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          "text": "My mother could have left me standing out in the cold for all my father cared.",
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "someone really doesn't care (if)",
          "word": "von ... aus"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "someone really doesn't care (if)",
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "someone really doesn't care (if)",
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "someone really doesn't care (if)",
          "word": "ar scáth ar chuma le"
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          "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "someone really doesn't care (if)",
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "someone really doesn't care (if)",
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      "word": "nie obchodzić kogoś"
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