all for the best

Idioms  

1. Also, for the best. Best in the long run, despite appearances to the contrary. It is often a response to an unhappy outcome, as in They had to sell their business, but since they weren't making money it's probably for the best, or The dress had been sold when she went back, but since it was a little too tight it's all for the best. [Late 1300s]

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Example Sentences

If these people who come forward now can deliver the coup de grâce, perhaps it was all for the best.

From Salon • Jul. 1, 2020

Amid all these horrors, “Death Stranding” tries to tell us this is all for the best.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2019

“This is all for the best of two friendly countries,” he said.

From Slate • Aug. 28, 2018

He clearly relishes the thin air at the season’s peaks, which is all for the best, because he could hardly ask for a tougher climb than the one he faces on Sunday.

From New York Times • Jun. 9, 2017

The transformation of the Khumbu culture is certainly not all for the best, but I didn’t hear many Sherpas bemoaning the changes.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer