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For keeps

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Adverb
  1. 1
    for the winner to keep all wordnet
Prep_phrase
  1. 1
    With an agreement or intention to retain what one gains or receives.

    "When we gamble at poker, we play for keeps."

  2. 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. 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."

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