for all one is worth at English (WD) Of Explained:

==English==

Adverb

Inter: head » en|adverb|head=for all one is worth

Inter: idiomati » c Intensely, vigorously, with as much effort as one can supply.

: You should see him out there in the snow, shoveling 'for all he's worth'.

Inter: quote-news »

|year=2011
|date=December 29
|author=Keith Jackson
|title=SPL: Celtic 1 Rangers 0
|work=Daily Record
|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/football/spl/celtic/2011/12/29/spl-celtic-1-rangers-0-86908-23665738/
|page=
|passage=And although they were pushed harder than even Lennon might have expected on a night of galeforce winds, they clung on to the lead Ledley gave them for all they were worth until their rivals had blown themselves out and surrendered top spot.

Related words:

for ... siden  for 24 hours  for a bargain price  for a change  for a long time  for a song  for a time  for a while  for ages  for all  for all intensive purposes  for all intents and purposes  for all intrinsic purposes  For all me  for all practical purposes  for all that  for all the tea in China  For all the world  for alltid  for an age  For Angles of commutation  for another thing  for any price  for anything  For as much as  för att  för att inte  för att inte tala om  For aye  For because  For best  for better or for worse  for better or worse  For by  for cause  for certain  for chrissake  for Chrissakes  for Christ's sake  for cryin' out loud  for crying out loud  for days  for dear life  för det andra  for det første  for each one  for each person  For effect  for eksempel  For en herlig dag!  for ever  For ever and a day  for ever and ever  for ever more  for evermore  för evigt  for example  for fake  for favor  For fear