leaving for good
leaving and never coming back
TRANSLATION
leaving for good = für immer weggehen --- GOOGLE INDEX leaving for good: approximately 40,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
Moscow Diary: LEAVING FOR GOOD
(BBC News - Headline)
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Repeat hurricanes have some Florida Panhandle residents thinking of LEAVING FOR GOOD.
(Associated Press)
(BBC News - Headline)
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Repeat hurricanes have some Florida Panhandle residents thinking of LEAVING FOR GOOD.
(Associated Press)
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for good
idiom
- permanently, forever
(American Heritage Dictionary)
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The adjective "good" can be used in a variety of ways to mean different things.
In combination with the preposition "for" as in "for good," it means permanently. Here are some good suggestions for other uses:
- as good as = practically, nearly (The car looked as good as new.)
- but good = used to note the intensity of something (Bill injured his knee but good while skiing)
- good and = very, thoroughly (I'll finish the report when I'm good and ready)
- no good = worthless, useless (It's no good washing the car now because it's going to rain soon)
- to the good = for the best, in an advantageous position (When I left the casino I was to the good)
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"Since Tom is leaving London for good, we should give him a farewell party."
idiom
- permanently, forever
(American Heritage Dictionary)
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The adjective "good" can be used in a variety of ways to mean different things.
In combination with the preposition "for" as in "for good," it means permanently. Here are some good suggestions for other uses:
- as good as = practically, nearly (The car looked as good as new.)
- but good = used to note the intensity of something (Bill injured his knee but good while skiing)
- good and = very, thoroughly (I'll finish the report when I'm good and ready)
- no good = worthless, useless (It's no good washing the car now because it's going to rain soon)
- to the good = for the best, in an advantageous position (When I left the casino I was to the good)
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"Since Tom is leaving London for good, we should give him a farewell party."
