good riddance

1. Also, good riddance to bad rubbish. A welcome loss or departure. This expression is often used as an exclamation. For example, The principal has finally retired, and most of the teachers are saying, “Good riddance!” or When Jean decided to give up her violin her relieved family quietly said, “Good riddance to bad rubbish.”. [Late 1700s]

Example Sentences

"Good riddance," he wrote in a two-word statement accompanying the Fed's decision to bin the 2023 guidelines -- a marked contrast to the lengthier statements of his colleagues.

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“There’s a certain undertone of ‘good riddance’ when kooks like these are vaporized by the earth’s latest ill-mannered guests.”

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A radio commentator, José Luis Trueba Lara, bid good riddance, calling Guevara “an assassin with good press” and Castro a “bloodcurdling dictator.”

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If this is it for The Weeknd as we know him, good riddance.

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The rest of us can only say good riddance.

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