Synonyms for for keeps
for keeps

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1. for keepsadverb

   Synonyms:
   for good, once and for all

2. for keepsadverb

   With an agreement or intention to retain what one gains or receives.

   When we gamble at poker, we play for keeps.

   Synonyms:
   for good, once and for all

3. for keepsadverb

   To compete seriously, with a strong resolve to win or succeed, as in sports or business.

   Synonyms:
   once and for all, for good

4. for keepsadverb

   Permanently.

   Synonyms:
   once and for all, for good

Princeton's WordNet

1. for keepsadverb

   for the winner to keep all

   "they played for keeps"

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1. Jon Ronson:

   I'm sure she has her fair share of trauma and anxiety and so on, but she never lets it get to her. She always just keeps going. And there's no rancor, if you'd been falsely accused of murder and convicted and falsely imprisoned for several years, you would presumably feel some rancor towards the people who did that to you, but she doesn't. She works really hard to feel empathy and curiosity and compassion towards everybody -- including her prosecutors.

2. Dan Riemer:

   In politics, the inclination is to be cautious about what you say, but I think sometimes just keeping it real is what you need from a leader. And Mandela... definitely keeps it real.

3. Rickie Fowler:

   It keeps 18 (majors) in play, i don't doubt that this is going to be his most special one yet. To get his 15th after a long wait, after a lot of years away from competitive golf, being in a position where he wasn't sure he was going to play again, it's cool stuff.

4. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio:

   Donald Trump -- he might have grown up the way he did, with a lot of money and going to boarding school. I can tell you this: Where I grew up, if someone keeps punching people in the face, eventually someone's going to have to stand up and punch them back.

5. Ibn-e-Safi:

   Man after the second half of the twentieth century is frustrated. You know that the foundation of all subversiveness is laid on frustration and this frustration keeps finding ways to subversive activities. And you also know that an uncert...ain present has made man pessimistic about future... therefore he runs after anything that glitters, be it fire