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FOR LOVE OR MONEY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does for love or money mean? 

FOR LOVE OR MONEY (adverb)
  The adverb FOR LOVE OR MONEY has 1 sense:

1. under any circumstancesplay

  Familiarity information: FOR LOVE OR MONEY used as an adverb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FOR LOVE OR MONEY (adverb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Under any circumstances

Synonyms:

for all the world; for any price; for anything; for love or money

Context example:

she wouldn't give up her pets for love or money


 Context examples 


Hal awoke one day to the fact that his dog-food was half gone and the distance only quarter covered; further, that for love or money no additional dog-food was to be obtained.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)



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