for good

Meaning

1. Oxford85% of films

   permanently

2. Editorial10% of films

   For a morally good purpose, or in the service of what is right rather than evil.

In the movies · 68

• Yo, Lenny! I thought you split for good.Memento2000
• - Going out for good? - Yeah. Going north. Got a job.The Grapes of Wrath1940
• We've got to get away for good.The Letter1940
• For good reason.Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness2022
• Loser leaves for good.The Hustle2019
• He's out for good.Drive2011
• For good or for evil.The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring2001
• And for good reason.Sing 22021

Learn it in full scenes

• The Letter1940
  • Leslie Confesses After the Shooting
  • Leslie Recounts the Night Hammond Died
  • Leslie Describes Shooting Hammond

From the same entry

• as good as
• as good as it gets
• a good few
• be good to go
• good and
• good for you, sb, them
• all to the good
• be no good
• do good
• to the good
• up to no good
• it's an ill wind

More idioms

• that depends
• out of the way
• be rid of
• get on nerves
• take for granted
• it's just a matter of time
• the best of luck
• speak of the devil
• in eyes
• right now
• at least
• as far as i am concerned