for real

Idioms  

1. Actually so, genuine, as in Are your plans to move away for real? [Slang; mid-1900s]

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Example Sentences

In all of these examples, the key is a need for real innovation.

From The Wall Street Journal

Chaplin and DeMille soon discovered that air travel was not as profitable as it first seemed — the runways of L.A.’s small airports became too short to accommodate increasingly large planes and, as the city grew, the land was more valuable for real estate development.

From Los Angeles Times

Rubio told reporters as the meeting began that the talks were aimed at “securing an end to the war that leaves Ukraine sovereign and independent and with an opportunity for real prosperity.”

From The Wall Street Journal

But bartenders didn’t stop there, they traded in those other fruity, sugary, fluorescent liqueurs for real ingredients.

From Salon

Some 50,000 people have become members of Your Party, Corbyn announced earlier this month, calling the outfit a "mass democratic movement for real change".

From Barron's

Related Words

• actually
• in reality