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Idiom: For Keeps

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

With a strong competitive resolve to win or succeed, as in sports or business.

Permanently, so that one can keep something indefinitely.

Example Sentences

1
She won the game fair and square for keeps.
2
After years of dating, they finally decided to get married for keeps.
3
He saved up his money to buy that car for keeps.
4
I need to finish this project today for keeps.
5
They settled the argument once and for all for keeps.

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