for all one is worth

for all one is worth
idi to the utmost:
She ran for all she was worth[/ex]

From formal English to slang. 2014.

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  • for all one is worth — With all of your strength; as hard as you can. * /Roger ran for all he was worth to catch the bus./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • for all one is worth — With all of your strength; as hard as you can. * /Roger ran for all he was worth to catch the bus./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • for\ all\ one\ is\ worth — With all of your strength; as hard as you can. Roger ran for all he was worth to catch the bus …   Словарь американских идиом

  • for all one is worth — adverb Intensely, vigorously, with as much effort as one can supply. You should see him out there in the snow, shoveling for all hes worth …   Wiktionary

  • for all one is worth — informal as energetically or enthusiastically as one can. → worth …   English new terms dictionary

  • for all one is worth — phrasal to the fullest extent of one s value or ability …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • for all one's worth — wholeheartedly, with all that is in him …   English contemporary dictionary

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  • worth — I. /wɜθ / (say werth) adjective 1. good or important enough to justify (what is specified): advice worth taking; a place worth visiting. 2. having a value of, or equal in value to, as in money. 3. having property to the value or amount of. –noun… …  

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