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for England

prep_phrase

Etymology

Suggests that if there was a world championship for the given action, the person under discussion could compete on the national team.

Definitions

  1. Very well or for a long time.

    • Before Venita, who could chatter for England, had a chance to hand over too much more information, Marty jumped in defensively.
    • She could sleep for England. It's not unusual for teenagers to sleep for England, I know, but I believe Amy experienced depressions in her early teens.

  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see for, England.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for for England. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA