"one for all, all for one" meaning in English

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Phrase

IPA: /wʌn fəɹɔːl ɔːl fə wʌn/
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  1. Each individual should act for the benefit of the group, and the group should act for the benefit of each individual. Categories (topical): One Synonyms: all for one, one for all Related terms: Three Musketeers Translations (motto: working for each other): 人人為我,我為人人 /人人为我 (Chinese Mandarin), 我为人人 (rénrén wéi wǒ, wǒ wéi rénrén) (Chinese Mandarin), en for alle, alle for en (Danish), één voor allen, allen voor één (Dutch), unu por ĉiuj, ĉiuj por unu (Esperanto), üks kõigi ja kõik ühe eest (Estonian), un pour tous, tous pour un (French), einer für alle, alle für einen (German), ένας για όλους, όλοι για έναν (énas gia ólous, óloi gia énan) (Greek), egy mindenkiért, és mindenki egyért (Hungarian), eitt fyrir alla, allir fyrir eitt (Icelandic), uno per tutti, tutti per uno (Italian), 一人は皆の為に、皆は一人の為に (alt: ひとり は みな の ため に、みな は ひとり の ため に, hitori wa mina no tame ni, mina wa hitori no tame ni) (Japanese), unus pro omnibus, omnes pro uno (Latin), eint veralt ènd' alt veur eint (Limburgish), еден за сите – сите за еден (alt: eden za site – site za eden) (Macedonian), یکی برای همه، همه برای یکی (Persian), jeden za wszystkich, wszyscy za jednego (Polish), um por todos, todos por um (Portuguese), in per tuts, tuts per in (Romansch), оди́н за все́х и все за одного́ (odín za vséx i vse za odnovó) (Russian), uno para todos, todos para uno (Spanish), en för alla, alla för en (Swedish), birimiz hepimiz, hepimiz birimiz için (Turkish)
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          "sense": "motto: working for each other",
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          "sense": "motto: working for each other",
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          "sense": "motto: working for each other",
          "word": "egy mindenkiért, és mindenki egyért"
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          "sense": "motto: working for each other",
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          "sense": "motto: working for each other",
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          "sense": "motto: working for each other",
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          "sense": "motto: working for each other",
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          "sense": "motto: working for each other",
          "word": "eint veralt ènd' alt veur eint"
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          "alt": "eden za site – site za eden",
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          "sense": "motto: working for each other",
          "word": "еден за сите – сите за еден"
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          "sense": "motto: working for each other",
          "word": "یکی برای همه، همه برای یکی"
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          "sense": "motto: working for each other",
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          "roman": "odín za vséx i vse za odnovó",
          "sense": "motto: working for each other",
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      "sense": "motto: working for each other",
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      "sense": "motto: working for each other",
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      "sense": "motto: working for each other",
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      "sense": "motto: working for each other",
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      "sense": "motto: working for each other",
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