for that matter

English

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Prepositional phrase

for that matter

1. (idiomatic) as far as that is concerned.

   I didn't do it. For that matter, I didn't even know that it happened.

   • 1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, published 1965, page 6:

     "I can't send a young, pretty girl, or for that matter even a homely one if you'd have her, on a job like this without telling her what to expect."

Usage notes

This idiomatic expression is often used to introduce something further on the topic ("matter"), a new aspect of the topic, or even a new topic which deserves mention once the original topic is brought up.

Synonyms

• come to that

Translations

as far as that is concerned

• Belarusian: калі́ на тое пайшло́ (kalí na tóje pajšló), калі́ ўжо́ на тое пайшло́ (kalí ŭžó na tóje pajšló)
• Danish: for den sags skyld
• Finnish: sitä paitsi (fi)
• French: d’ailleurs (fr)
• German: was das angeht, was das betrifft, was diese Sache angeht
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: for den saks skyld

• Polish: jeśli o to chodzi
• Portuguese: falando nisso, aliás (pt)
• Russian: если на то пошло (jesli na to pošlo), е́сли уж на то пошло́ (jésli už na to pošló)
• Spanish: ya que estamos
• Swedish: för den delen
• Ukrainian: якщо́ на те пішло́ (jakščó na te pišló), якщо́ вже на те пішло́ (jakščó vže na te pišló)