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for better, for worse

for better, for worse is the alternative form of for better or worse.

Meaning of for better or worse

Prepositional phrase

  1. No matter what the future may hold (no matter whether it is good or bad).
    • For better or worse, he’s the president.

Questions about for better, for worse

What is for better, for worse the alternative form of?
For better, for worse is the alternative form of for better or worse.

Words near for better, for worse in the dictionary

  1. for beans
  2. for because
  3. for best
  4. for better or for worse
  5. for better or worse
  6. for better, for worse
  7. for Britain
  8. for cause
  9. for certain
  10. for cheap
  11. for choice

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Adapted from Wiktionary: for better, for worse (page history and authors); for better or worse (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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