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but good

Idioms  

  1. Emphatically, thoroughly, as in Ruth decided to clean up the whole yard but good. The word but in this colloquialism functions as an intensive. Also see and how.

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Some people, however, were more on board, like Cerys who said: "It's a bit of a crazy idea but good on him if he thinks he can do it."

From BBC

In the valley to the west was the Redwater: too shallow for canoes, but good fishing in spring, when the salmon come up from the Sea.

From Literature

But good statecraft consists not only of bold decision-making and efficient execution.

From The Wall Street Journal

Their destruction, he suggests, is not vengeance but good governance.

From The Wall Street Journal

But good luck telling the Major at that moment.

From Literature

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