for the good of
for the good of (someone or something)
To benefit or serve someone or something. Honey, you really need to get more exercise for the good of your health. All of the profits raised at the auction are for the good of the school. I know the expectation is that I'll just take the blame for the good of the department, but no! This was not my fault!
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for the good of someone or something
for the benefit, profit, or advantage of someone or something. The president said the strict drug laws were for the good of the country. David took a second job for the good of his family.
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References in periodicals archive
The principal aim of a community is not "peace" in the sense of an absence of trouble, but "peace" in the sense of real harmony as a condition
for the good of every member of the community.
"Each person, in some way, is called to work for the common good, constantly looking out
for the good of others as if it were his own.
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