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 roles or songs were taken from her and given to others, all for the best.

From New York Times • Apr. 17, 2023

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

Something in me is cracking open, the light coming through is so bright it hurts, and the rest of me is still here, wounded, even though I know it's all for the best.

From "We Are Okay" by Nina LaCour