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for good
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permanently, forever
Goes at the end of the clause, often with 'leave', 'move' or 'quit'. Not about being good: 'for good' means 'forever'.
In context
After ten years in Australia, my cousin has come back to Vietnam for good.
I deleted the app for good because it was wasting so much of my time.
More idioms about time
- a blast from the pastsomething or someone that suddenly reminds you of an earlier time
- a long time comingif something is a long time coming, people have waited a long time for it
- a matter of timecertain to happen, although you do not know exactly when
- a race against timea situation where you must hurry to finish before time runs out
- a sign of the timessomething that shows how society is now, often in a bad way