For keeps
prep_phrase
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Definitions
Adverb
- 1 for the winner to keep all wordnet
Prep_phrase
- 1 With an agreement or intention to retain what one gains or receives.
"When we gamble at poker, we play for keeps."
- 2 With a strong competitive resolve to win or succeed, as in sports or business. broadly, idiomatic
""We both got a job to do. They play for keeps and we play for keeps too," Haggans said."
- 3 Permanently, so that one can keep something indefinitely.
"The Griswold trophy was presented to its winner, for keeps, since it was the third time she had won it."
Example
More examples"When we gamble at poker, we play for keeps."