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To all intents and purposes

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Adverb
  1. 1
    in every practical sense wordnet
Prep_phrase
  1. 1
    For every functional purpose; in every practical sense; in every important respect; practically speaking. British, idiomatic

    "To all intents and purposes the case is closed."

Etymology

1500s, English law, originally “to all intents, constructions, and purposes” (found in an act adopted under Henry VIII in 1547).

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