what for

Meaning

1. what for?

   for what purpose or reason?

   What is this tool for?

In the movies · 1,150

• Yeah? What for?The Insider1999
• Chose me? What for?Robin Hood2018
• Give 'em what-for!Mary Poppins Returns2018
• - What for? - What for?Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas1998
• - What, for Jane? - Mm-hmm.Thor: Love and Thunder2022
• - What for? - Dawn.Doctor Who The Time of the Doctor2013
• - What for? - What for? Where have you been?Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead1991
• - Excuse me? - What for?Funny Games2007

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