Synonyms for for keeps
for keeps

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1. for keepsadverb

   Synonyms:
   for good, once and for all

2. for keepsadverb

   With an agreement or intention to retain what one gains or receives.

   When we gamble at poker, we play for keeps.

   Synonyms:
   for good, once and for all

3. for keepsadverb

   To compete seriously, with a strong resolve to win or succeed, as in sports or business.

   Synonyms:
   once and for all, for good

4. for keepsadverb

   Permanently.

   Synonyms:
   once and for all, for good

Princeton's WordNet

1. for keepsadverb

   for the winner to keep all

   "they played for keeps"

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1. Bhartrihari:

   The good man shuns evil and follows good; he keeps secret that which ought to be hidden; he makes his virtues manifest to all; he does not forsake one in adversity; he gives in season: such are the marks of a worthy friend.

2. Toni Bernhard:

   If you spend your time denying where you are and being angry about it, it keeps you from taking constructive steps to make things better for yourself.

3. Rickie Fowler:

   It keeps 18 (majors) in play, i don't doubt that this is going to be his most special one yet. To get his 15th after a long wait, after a lot of years away from competitive golf, being in a position where he wasn't sure he was going to play again, it's cool stuff.

4. Bob Chapek:

   Intent to visit at Walt Disney World is growing and is actually already flat with 2019, which is obviously our last pre-Covid year. So that's really good news for us, as capacity limits increase, we don't think we're going to have any problem at all sort of increasing our attendance to match that capacity. That is not something that keeps any of us up at night.

5. Ryan Young:

   Our biggest fear is this was a rapid what we call radicalization to mobilization to violence, sometimes we get asked What keeps you up at night? This is a case that keeps us up at night.