for good measure
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Where it’s used:
Used
Widespread English
Examples
In the last century, the cathedral was made more northern still, when a second tower was added to the one which already existed, and two spires for good measure.
Then he took a brilliant catch at deep square lag to dismiss Lancashire dangerman Lloyd, and grabbed two wickets with his medium pace for good measure.
British National Corpus sentence via the MAGPIE corpus (CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Listed in Wiktionary’s “English idioms” category (retrieved 2026-07-29); definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-07-30; pending editor spot-check.
Common questions
What does “for good measure” mean?
in addition to what is already done Literally: to add something extra
Is “for good measure” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.