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FOR ANYTHING
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Under any circumstances
Example:
she wouldn't give up her pets for love or money
Synonyms:
for all the world; for any price; for anything; for love or money
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Context examples:
My dear fellow, I would not miss it for anything.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
You shall have one, Stone, if my word goes for anything at the Admiralty.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
But you have not yet asked for anything; you have prayed a gift to be withdrawn: try again.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
He will never be good for anything as long as he lives!
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
But our captain is a strange man, and I beg of you to be prepared for anything—understand?
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
At the Pelly one morning, as they were harnessing up, Dolly, who had never been conspicuous for anything, went suddenly mad.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
I never in my life saw men so careless of the morrow; hand to mouth is the only word that can describe their way of doing; and what with wasted food and sleeping sentries, though they were bold enough for a brush and be done with it, I could see their entire unfitness for anything like a prolonged campaign.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Researchers mostly from Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) in the U.S. reported the invention of a new coating that could reduce bacterial growth, water waste, and odor when sprayed onto an ordinary house toilet by rendering its surface too slippery for anything to remain attached for long.
(Materials scientists invent new coating for self-cleaning, water-efficient toilets, Wikinews)
I am sorry for the young people, returned Mrs. Morland; they must have a sad time of it; but as for anything else, it is no matter now; Catherine is safe at home, and our comfort does not depend upon General Tilney.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
Therefore may I ask that you promise me in the dark, so that afterwards, though you may be angry with me for a time—I must not disguise from myself the possibility that such may be—you shall not blame yourselves for anything.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
