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for good measure en · ADP

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) In excess of the minimum required; added as an extra.
    • The shepherd blessed himself. And then he blessed himself again for good measure. He placed a hand on either side of the pillar and then threw it into the air. 2011, Joe Hayes, The Coyote Under the Table, Cinco Puntos Press, →ISBN, page 112:
    • Spain plans to issue “digital nomad” visas giving Britons and other non-EU citizens the chance to work in the sun and enjoy a lower cost of living with tax breaks thrown in for good measure. 2022 September 25, Stephen Burgen, “Spain plans ‘digital nomad’ visa scheme to attract remote workers”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
    • That's tough," repeated Jack Harpe, and added a headshake for good measure. " 1921, William Patterson White, The Heart of the Range:
    • He tossed in a couple of extra shirts for good measure and closed the suitcase.
    • Developed by such popular writers as Arthur Conan Doyle, H. Rider Haggard, Edgar Rice Burroughs, and Abraham Merrit, the lost world novel presents small, encapsulated worlds, inhabited by the living fossils of some prehistoric culture, often with dinosaurs or other extinct beasts thrown in for good measure. 2014, Elana Gomel, Narrative Space and Time: Representing Impossible Topologies in Literature, Routledge, →ISBN:

Relateds

on the safe side

Translations (22)

pl na dokładkę (in excess of the required minimum) · es de yapa / ñapa / llapa (in excess of the required minimum) · da oveni (in excess of the required minimum) · cmn 保险起见 (in excess of the required minimum) · pl na dobitkę (in excess of the required minimum) · nb for godt måls skyld (in excess of the required minimum) · es por precaución (in excess of the required minimum) · fi varmuuden vuoksi (in excess of the required minimum) · fi kaiken varalta (in excess of the required minimum) · es y por si [aquesto] fuese / fuera poco (in excess of the required minimum) · pl na dodatek (in excess of the required minimum) · ja 余分に (in excess of the required minimum) · fr pour faire bonne mesure (in excess of the required minimum) · it per essere sicuro (in excess of the required minimum) · es por si acaso (in excess of the required minimum) · ru на всякий случай (in excess of the required minimum) · fi varoiksi (in excess of the required minimum) · da i tilgift (in excess of the required minimum) · cmn 额外补充 (in excess of the required minimum) · nl op de koop toe (in excess of the required minimum) · de noch dazu (in excess of the required minimum) · nl bovenop (in excess of the required minimum)