for good

1. Also, for good and all. Permanently, forever. For example, I'm moving to Europe for good. [1500s] Also see for keeps.

Example Sentences

Meanwhile, “a partial payment has never been made — and for good reason,” because it would force every state to recalculate benefits for recipients and then recalibrate their systems to provide the new amounts, they wrote.

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I have an optimistic view that human beings will find a way to leverage these profound technologies for good in the aggregate, such as what happened with nuclear.

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What is more, companies aren’t getting rewarded as much for good news.

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What is more, companies aren’t getting rewarded as much for good news.

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In a post, the family said they use the internet "for good" and the move to the UK will mean their daughter can continue to make content.

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• certainly 
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