for all it's worth

for all it's worth
for all it's worth & for what(ever) it's worth
if it has any value. (Usually implies lack of confidence.) •

My idea—for all it's worth—is to offer them only $300.

Here is my thinking, for whatever it's worth.

Ask her to give us her opinion, for what it's worth.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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