"for beans" meaning in English

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Adverb

Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} for beans (not comparable)
  1. (humorous, colloquial, idiomatic) Synonym of at all. Tags: colloquial, humorous, idiomatic, not-comparable Synonyms: at all [synonym, synonym-of]

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