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Idioms  

1. Very, as in I'll go when I'm good and ready, or Mike was good and mad at Tom. This phrase is used to intensify the words that follow. [Colloquial; early 1800s]

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Example Sentences

Customs and Border Protection official recently told the trade court that companies will have to do their own accounting and upload a spreadsheet listing each wrongly tariffed good and the amount owed.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Once it’s good and mixed it needs a little rest. Kind of like you and me. But you don’t want to mix it after it rests. Makes it tough.”

From Literature

I let him pull me in, and it feels good and right, like we somehow fit together, like the moon and the stars.

From Literature

"I was aware of the good and positivity that can come from opening up about this subject matter that's so difficult to talk about."

From BBC

I put Apple’s latest iPhone software update to the test, and I have good and bad news: The improvement for typing is real, but it only fixes some of our autocorrect woes.

From The Wall Street Journal