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Lost for good

Posted by ESC on May 26, 2008 at 14:33

In Reply to: Lost for good posted by Jimmy Walter on May 26, 2008 at 08:53:

: What is the origin of "Lost for good"?

I think the question is, when and why did "for good" and "for good and all" come to mean permanently, forever.

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