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for good or ill

for good or ill prepositional phrase: whether it is a good or a bad thing; regardless.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Whether it is a good or a bad thing; regardless.
    • In all these ventures, we ranged widely but usually relied on others for country expertise. This time, for good or ill, we are our own country experts.2009, R. A. W. Rhodes, John Wanna, Patrick Weller, Comparing Westminster

Questions about for good or ill

What does for good or ill mean?
For good or ill means whether it is a good or a bad thing; regardless.
What part of speech is for good or ill?
For good or ill is a prepositional phrase.

Words near for good or ill in the dictionary

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

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