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  • 41for 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… …

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  • 42for laughs — {adv. phr.} For pleasure; for fun; as a joke. * /The college boys climbed up into the girls dorms and stole some of their dresses just for laughs, but they were punished all the same./ …

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  • 43for the time being — also {literary}[for the nonce] {adv. phr.} For now; for a while; temporarily. * /I haven t any note paper, but this envelope will do for the time being./ * /She hasn t found an apartment yet; she s staying with her aunt for the time being./ …

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  • 44for 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… …

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  • 45for laughs — {adv. phr.} For pleasure; for fun; as a joke. * /The college boys climbed up into the girls dorms and stole some of their dresses just for laughs, but they were punished all the same./ …

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  • 46for the time being — also {literary}[for the nonce] {adv. phr.} For now; for a while; temporarily. * /I haven t any note paper, but this envelope will do for the time being./ * /She hasn t found an apartment yet; she s staying with her aunt for the time being./ …

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  • 47For Esmé with Love and Squalor — is a short story by J. D. Salinger. Originally published in The New Yorker on April 8, 1950, it was anthologized in Salinger s Nine Stories two years later. (While the story collection s American title is Nine Stories , it is actually known as… …

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  • 48For All the Saints — was written as a processional hymn by the Anglican Bishop William Walsham How. The hymn was first printed in Hymns for Saint s Days, and Other Hymns , by Earl Nelson, 1864.TuneThe hymn was sung to the melody Sarum , by Victorian composer Joseph… …

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  • 49For Love or Money (TV series) — For Love or Money is a reality television show initially broadcast on NBC in 2003. It is basically a dating game show where the chosen winner will choose to stay with the central bachelor or will take home a million dollars but without any… …

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  • 50For better or worse — For better, for worse is a part of traditional Christian marriage vows. The phrase or its variations may also refer to:Films: * For Better, for Worse (1919 film), a 1919 American film * For Better, for Worse (1954 film), a 1954 British film… …

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