good and ---

[good and ---] {adv.}, {informal} Very; completely.

* /John's father was good and mad when John came home late./

* /Jack knew good and well that Tom had thrown the snowball at him./

* /I pushed Bill good and hard./

* /Susan wouldn't come out till she was good and ready./

* /I beat Joe good and proper in the game of marbles./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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