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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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Don’t expect a repeat of the past 12 months, but good old business execution should help push shares higher.

From Barron's

“And we will continue to create and maintain the conducive investment atmosphere that will not only guarantee the safety of their investments, but good returns on those investments as well.”

From Seattle Times

If we now expect computers to write not just poems but good poems, then we have set a much higher bar.

From Washington Post

Sad for some humans, but good news for the animals: They got a snow day.

From Seattle Times

Life in America is good — different, but good.

From Seattle Times

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