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to the good

to the good prepositional phrase: to an advantage or profit.

Prepositional phrase

  1. to an advantage or profit
    • after these government reforms, we are 500 dollars to the good
    • we have some extra food, but it should all be to the good

Questions about to the good

What does to the good mean?
To the good means to an advantage or profit.
What part of speech is to the good?
To the good is a prepositional phrase.

Words near to the good in the dictionary

  1. to the fore
  2. to the full
  3. to the fullest
  4. to the gills
  5. to the gods
  6. to the good
  7. to the gunnels
  8. to the gunwales
  9. to the hilt
  10. to the house
  11. to the last

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