for good measure

1. In addition to the required amount. For example, Whenever she bakes she adds a little more cinnamon for good measure, or He didn't argue with my price, so I gave him some extra supplies for good measure.

Example Sentences

And for good measure, it also cancelled “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” claiming it was “purely a financial decision against a challenging backdrop in late night.”

From Salon

Stephen tucked in a couple of bread-and-butter pickles for good measure, a kind of weeknight Cuban, improvised but persuasive.

From Salon

Shanks expects us to clock the unacknowledged wedding ring on Herriman’s Jamie, a Hallmark rom-com charmer, and so his script takes our suspicions and twists them once, twice and a third time for good measure.

From Los Angeles Times

He added a “it does not worry me” for good measure.

From Los Angeles Times

The financial markets are breathing down its neck, with the country's debts sky high, and for good measure, what a No 10 source describes as a "deep current of instability" around the world.

From BBC