for keeps
介词短语
英文释义
介词短语
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With an agreement or intention to retain what one gains or receives.
— When we gamble at poker, we play for keeps.
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With a strong competitive resolve to win or succeed, as in sports or business.
— "We both got a job to do. They play for keeps and we play for keeps too," Haggans said.
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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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