for all practical purposes
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for all practical purposes — idiom
1. used to say that, even if a small technical difference still exists, the situati
1.idiom
Definition
used to say that, even if a small technical difference still exists, the situation is in real life the same as the one you are describing.
Example
The old bridge is officially open, but for all practical purposes nobody dares to drive across it.
For all practical purposes, the two villages became one town after the new road joined them.