(do something) for good measure
in addition to something else
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
"With no instruments, and getting kicked out of our apartment after only two months (too many parties), we were fortunate enough to meet like-minded musicians, who put us up in various music venues across the city and threw in a guitar and drum kit FOR GOOD MEASURE."
(BBC News)
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Not only are there assembly and parliamentary elections in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, but more than 9,000 local councils across England will be chosen and, FOR GOOD MEASURE, there is a Commons by-election in a safe Labour seat in Leicester.
(Irish Independent newspaper)
(BBC News)
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Not only are there assembly and parliamentary elections in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, but more than 9,000 local councils across England will be chosen and, FOR GOOD MEASURE, there is a Commons by-election in a safe Labour seat in Leicester.
(Irish Independent newspaper)
Did you
know?
for good measure
idiom
- in addition
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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The noun "measure" stems from the Old French "mesurer" and from the Latin "mensura", meaning a thing to measure by. Among other things, the modern definition of "measure" refers to an amount of something, such as in:
- As a measure of acting skills, film can be very deceptive. (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio)
- I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom. (George S. Patton)
In the expression "for good measure", it literally means "ample in quantity, more than normal." For good measure, here are a few other expressions that utilize measure:
- made to measure = made especially to fit the measurements of a particular person (His suit is made to measure)
- beyond measure = in a very large amount (The donations we received were beyond measure)
- measure up = to compare well to something or someone (The quality just doesn't measure up to the competitor's products)
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"For good measure, the car salesman added a navigation system at no extra cost."
idiom
- in addition
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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The noun "measure" stems from the Old French "mesurer" and from the Latin "mensura", meaning a thing to measure by. Among other things, the modern definition of "measure" refers to an amount of something, such as in:
- As a measure of acting skills, film can be very deceptive. (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio)
- I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom. (George S. Patton)
In the expression "for good measure", it literally means "ample in quantity, more than normal." For good measure, here are a few other expressions that utilize measure:
- made to measure = made especially to fit the measurements of a particular person (His suit is made to measure)
- beyond measure = in a very large amount (The donations we received were beyond measure)
- measure up = to compare well to something or someone (The quality just doesn't measure up to the competitor's products)
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"For good measure, the car salesman added a navigation system at no extra cost."
