Playing for Keeps

Playing for Keeps

The name Playing for Keeps may refer to:

* Playing for Keeps (Elvis song), a 1956 hit by Elvis Presley
* Playing for Keeps (Eddie Money album), a 1980 album by Eddie Money
* Playing for Keeps (film), a 1986 comedy
* Playing for Keeps (book), a 1999 book about basketball player Michael Jordan by David Halberstam


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  • Playing for Keeps (Eddie Money album) — Infobox Album | Name = Playing for Keeps Type = studio Artist = Eddie Money Released = 1980 Recorded = Genre = Rock / Pop Length = 36:32 Label = Columbia Producer = Ron Nevison Reviews = Last album = Life for the Taking (1978) This album =… …   Wikipedia

  • Playing for Keeps (film) — Infobox Film name = Playing for Keeps image size = caption = Theatrical release poster director = Bob Harvey Weinstein producer = writer = Bob Harvey Weinstein narrator = starring = Daniel Jordano Matthew Penn Leon W. Grant music = George Acogny… …   Wikipedia

  • for keeps — {adv. phr.} 1. For the winner to keep. * /They played marbles for keeps./ 2. {informal} For always; forever, * /He left town for keeps./ Syn.: FOR GOOD. 3. Seriously, not just for fun. * /This is not a joke, it s for keeps./ Often used in the… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • for keeps — {adv. phr.} 1. For the winner to keep. * /They played marbles for keeps./ 2. {informal} For always; forever, * /He left town for keeps./ Syn.: FOR GOOD. 3. Seriously, not just for fun. * /This is not a joke, it s for keeps./ Often used in the… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • for\ keeps — adv. phr. 1. For the winner to keep. They played marbles for keeps. 2. informal For always; forever, He left town for keeps. Syn.: for good 3. Seriously, not just for fun. This is not a joke, it s for keeps. Often used in the phrase play for… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • play for keeps — {v. phr.} To take an action of finality and irreversibility. * / Are you serious about me? she asked. Yes, he replied. I want to marry you. I play for keeps. / …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • play for keeps — {v. phr.} To take an action of finality and irreversibility. * / Are you serious about me? she asked. Yes, he replied. I want to marry you. I play for keeps. / …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • play for keeps — in. to take serious and permanent actions. (Refers to playing a game where the money won is not returned at the end of the game.) □ Wake up and face the fact that she’s playing for keeps. She wants to get married. □ I always play for keeps …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • play for keeps — If you are playing for keeps, you take things very seriously and the outcome is very important to you; it is not a mere game …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • for keeps — adverb for the winner to keep all (Freq. 1) they played for keeps * * * (informal) FOREVER, for ever and ever, for evermore, for always, for good (and all), permanently, in perpetuity; inform …   Useful english dictionary

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