for all I know

for all I know
for all I know phrase
used for emphasizing that you do not know something

He could be a murderer for all I know.

Thesaurus: ways of saying that you do not know or understandsynonym
Main entry: know

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for all I know — see know, 1
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for all I know
informal
— used to say that you have little or no knowledge of something

For all I know, he left last night. [=I don't know when he left; it's possible that he left last night]

She may have already accepted another job, for all we know. [=we don't know what she has done; it's possible that she has already accepted another job]

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Main Entry:know

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for all you, I, they, etc. know idiom
(informal) used to emphasize that you do not know sth and that it is not important to you

She could be dead for all I know.

Main entry:knowidiom

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