for good and all

Definitions

In a way that is conclusive and final.

idiomatic, not-comparable

Examples

“hauing prepared a like⟳ feather to the same, of some other Hawke or fowle, resembling the broken feather: you muste cutte the quyll of it, and so force⟳ it togyther, as it maye enter⟳ the broken quyll of the Hawkes feather, annoynting it before you thruste it in, or seeme to place⟳ it for good and all, in the gummie fatte of a fygge”

“It is so long since the reader […] has been parted from the midwife, that it is high time to mention⟳ her again to him, merely to put⟳ him in mind⟳ that there is such a body still in the world, and whom […] I am going to introduce⟳ to him for good and all:”

““Come⟳,” said Gamfield; “say⟳ four pound, gen’lmen. Say⟳ four pound, and you’ve got rid⟳ of him for good and all. There!””

“‘It gets worse and worse the further we go,’ said Acorn. ‘Where are we going and how long will it be before some of us stop⟳ running for good and all?’”

“[…] we gonna talk⟳ this through for good and all.”

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