but good

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.

Example Sentences

“We’re following the precedent. She’s looking for national publicity, apparently she’s gotten some of it, but good luck with that.”

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Grandparents have an opportunity to pass down not just money but good financial habits that can last a lifetime.

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The immediate payoff that comes from disengaging from social media might feel like “coffee money” in the short term, but “good habits have compounding effects,” Segrera said.

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But good managers adapt and at the moment, Potter isn't adapting.

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“Democrats we have shown up to a gunfight with nothing but good intentions and dull knives, and that era is over. We are not going to unilaterally disarm, and that is what’s different this time around.”

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