but good
but good
Thoroughly or completely. That team underestimated us, and we beat them but good. My mother always notices every speck of dust in my house, so I was sure to clean it but good before she came to visit.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
but good
severely; thoroughly. She told him off but good. Joe beat up Bill but good.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
but good
Emphatically, thoroughly, as in Ruth decided to clean up the whole yard but good. The word but in this colloquialism functions as an intensive. Also see and how.
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
but good
Informal Used as an intensive: The pipe started to leak but good.
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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
- eight ways from Sunday
- eight ways to Sunday
- forty ways from Sunday
- forty ways to Sunday
- home in
- know (someone or something) like a book
- know like a book
- don't bring a knife to a gunfight
- be beat
- (one's) goose is cooked