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English
Pronunciation
Prepositional phrase
for keeps
- (gaming) With an agreement or intention to retain what one gains or receives.
- When we gamble at poker, we play for keeps.
- (idiomatic, by extension) With a strong competitive resolve to win or succeed, as in sports or business.
- Permanently, so that one can keep something indefinitely.
- 1925 Aug. 10, "Golf: Shenecossett Invitation," Time:
- The Griswold trophy was presented to its winner, for keeps, since it was the third time she had won it.
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