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FOR GOOD AND ALL

Definition: FOR GOOD AND ALL

FOR GOOD AND ALL

1. Completely and finally; fully; truly. The good woman never died after this, till she came to die for good and all. --L'Estrange.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Synonyms within Context: FOR GOOD AND ALL

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Completeness

Adverb: completely; Adjective: altogether, outright, wholly, totally, in toto, quite; all out; over head and ears; effectually, for good and all, nicely, fully, through thick and thin, head and shoulders; neck and heel, neck and crop; in all respects, in every respect; at all points, out and out, to all intents and purposes; toto coelo; utterly; clean, clean as a whistle; to the full, to the utmost, to the backbone; hollow, stark; heart and soul, root and branch, down to the ground.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: FOR GOOD AND ALL

English words defined with "FOR GOOD AND ALL": for good. (references)
Specialty definitions using "FOR GOOD AND ALL": Good and All. (references)

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Modern Usage: FOR GOOD AND ALL

DomainUsage

Screenplays

At my challenge, by the ancient laws of combat, we are met at this chosen ground, to settle for good and all who holds sway over the five points: us natives, born rightwise to this fine land, or the foreign hordes defiling it (Gangs of New York; writing credit: Jay Cocks)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Use in Literature: FOR GOOD AND ALL

TitleAuthorQuote

A Christmas Carol

Dickens, Charles

Home, for good and all.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Modern Translation: FOR GOOD AND ALL

Language Translations for "FOR GOOD AND ALL"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Hungarian

  

véglegesen (for good, permanently), végleg (for good), egyszer s mindenkorra (first last and all the time, for good, once for all). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

orfay oodgay anday allay.(various references)

   

Romanian

  

pentru totdeauna (for ever, for ever and a day, for ever and ever, for good, for keeps, forever, forevermore, outright), definitiv (clearly, conclusive, definitive, definitively, determinate, final, indefeasible, last, peremptory, ultimate). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

temelli olarak (for good, for keeps, permanently). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: FOR GOOD AND ALL

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-d-d-f-g-l-l-n-o-o-o-r"

-5 letters: lagoonal, landlord, largando.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Quotations: Fiction
5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Bibliography


  

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