"For all that"

[Jia]

Could someone please explain the meaning of this expression "for all that", and perhaps give an ex of how I can use it?

Many thanks!

 

[RoCi'S]

Could you write the whole sentence, please?

 

[moirag]

My first reaction is that it means "in spite of all that", but I do think we need some context. It calls to mind, for me, a poem of some Scot, probably Robbie Burns?

 

[panjandrum]

A man's a man for a' that.

Notwithstanding.

Ballads On Mr. Heron's Election, 1795

 

[moirag]

That´s the one, panj.

 

[linguist786]

"For all that, you need to have a strong mind"

In this case it would mean "In order to do that.."

 

[Jia]

I got this expression from a vocabulary list with no context provided...but you solved this anyway. Many thanks for your quick answers.