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for good measure |
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for good measure as extra; (adding) a little more to make sure there is enough. When I bought a pound of nails, the clerk threw in a few extra nails for good measure. I always put a little extra salt in the soup for good measure. for good measure if you do something or add something for good measure, you do it or add it in addition to something else In today's programme we have a full report on today's top football matches, with some cricket and athletics thrown in for good measure. I swept the floor and polished the table, and then, for good measure, I cleaned the windows. for good measure in addition to something else already said or done He wrote a great article, and for good measure took the photograph used for the magazine cover. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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This meant longer hours of travel, and Daylight, for good measure and for a margin against accidents, hit the trail for twelve hours a day. I wouldn't trade a square mile of this kind of country for the whole Sacramento Valley, with the river islands thrown in and Middle River for good measure. The crowd assenting, substituted Gabriel Varden for the nothing particular; and giving him one over, for good measure, dispersed in high good-humour. |
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