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for better or (for) worse

if a situation exists or happens for better or for worse, it exists or happens whether its results are good or bad. France has a new government, for better or for worse. We cannot deny that our childhood experiences affect us, for better, for worse.

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York came round to our heads and shortened the rein himself -- one hole, I think; every little makes a difference, be it for better or worse, and that day we had a steep hill to go up. Black Beauty by Sewell, Anna View in context We must see that he comes to no harm while on his homeward journey, but when he is once at home he will have to take the luck he was born with for better or worse like other people. The Odyssey by Homer View in context I was looking around for Porthos when I saw near me a head which had been broken, but which, for better or worse, had been patched with plaster and with black silk. Twenty Years After by Dumas, Alexandre View in context More results

References in classic literature

York came round to our heads and shortened the rein himself -- one hole, I think; every little makes a difference, be it for better or worse, and that day we had a steep hill to go up.

Black Beauty by Sewell, Anna View in context

We must see that he comes to no harm while on his homeward journey, but when he is once at home he will have to take the luck he was born with for better or worse like other people.

The Odyssey by Homer View in context

I was looking around for Porthos when I saw near me a head which had been broken, but which, for better or worse, had been patched with plaster and with black silk.

Twenty Years After by Dumas, Alexandre View in context

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