for good measure

English

Pronunciation

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Prepositional phrase

for good measure

1. (idiomatic) In excess of the minimum required; added as an extra.

   He tossed in a couple of extra shirts for good measure and closed the suitcase.

   • 1921, William Patterson White, The Heart of the Range‎^[1]:

     That's tough," repeated Jack Harpe, and added a headshake for good measure. "

   • 2011, Joe Hayes, The Coyote Under the Table, Cinco Puntos Press, →ISBN, page 112:

     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.

   • 2014, Elana Gomel, Narrative Space and Time: Representing Impossible Topologies in Literature‎^[2], Routledge, →ISBN:

     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.

   • 2022 September 25, Stephen Burgen, “Spain plans ‘digital nomad’ visa scheme to attract remote workers”, in The Guardian‎^[3], →ISSN:

     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.

Translations

in excess of the required minimum

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can:
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 额外补充 (éwài bǔchōng), 保险起见 (bǎoxiǎn qǐjiàn)

• Czech: please add this translation if you can:
• Danish: i tilgift, oveni
• Dutch: op de koop toe, bovenop (nl)
• Finnish: kaiken varalta, varmuuden vuoksi (fi), varoiksi (fi)
• French: pour faire bonne mesure (fr)
• German: noch dazu
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can:
• Italian: per essere sicuro
• Japanese: 余分に (ja) (yobun ni)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can:
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: for godt måls skyld

• Polish: na dodatek (pl), na dokładkę (pl), na dobitkę (pl)
• Russian: на всякий случай (for any case)
• Spanish: por si acaso (es), por precaución, de yapa / ñapa / llapa, y por si [aquesto] fuese / fuera poco
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can:

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Translations to be checked

• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} pentru orice eventualitate

See also

• on the safe side