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for good measure

for good measure prepositional phrase: in excess of the minimum required; added as an extra.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (idiomatic) In excess of the minimum required; added as an extra.
    • He tossed in a couple of extra shirts for good measure and closed the suitcase.
    • That's tough," repeated Jack Harpe, and added a headshake for good measure. "1921, William Patterson White, The Heart of the Range

for good measure meaning in Malayalam

for good measure in Malayalam

as an extra, as a bonus, into the bargain
വേണ്ടതിലധികമായി, കൂടുതലായി, കണക്കിൽ കൂടുതലായി, പാരിതോഷികമായി, പോരാത്തതിന്, കൊടുക്കേണ്ടതിലധികമായി

Examples of for good measure in a sentence

  • And then he blessed himself again for good measure.2011, Joe Hayes, The Coyote Under the Table, Cinco Puntos Press, →ISBN, page 112:
  • Spain plans to issue “digital nomad” visas giving Britons and other non-EU citizens the chance to work in the sun and enjoy a lower cost of living with tax breaks thrown in for good measure.2022 September 25, Stephen Burgen, “Spain plans ‘digital nomad’ visa scheme to attract remote workers”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

Questions about for good measure

What does for good measure mean?
For good measure means in excess of the minimum required; added as an extra.
What is for good measure in Malayalam?
For good measure in Malayalam is വേണ്ടതിലധികമായി, കൂടുതലായി, കണക്കിൽ കൂടുതലായി. See For good measure meaning in Malayalam.
How do you use for good measure in a sentence?
And then he blessed himself again for good measure.
What part of speech is for good measure?
For good measure is a prepositional phrase.

Words near for good measure in the dictionary

  1. for fuxake
  2. for God's sake
  3. for Goddess's sake
  4. for good
  5. for good and all
  6. for good measure
  7. for good or ill
  8. for goodness' sake
  9. for goodness' sakes
  10. for goodness's sake
  11. for gosh sake

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Adapted from Wiktionary: for good measure (page history and authors); for good measure (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). 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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