for better or (for) worse
Definition
› If you do something for better or (for) worse, you accept the bad results of the action as well as the good ones: Anyway, for better or for worse, I followed her advice.Ways of achieving things
(Definition of for better or (for) worse from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- Abstaining and refraining
- Acting and acts
- Avoiding action
- Becoming better
- Cancelling and interrupting
- Competing and contending (non-sporting)
- Coping and not coping
- Delaying and wasting time
- Describing the leading position
- Efficient and effective
- Expressions telling people to hurry up
- Failing and doing badly
- Failures
- Getting involved for one's own benefit or against others' will
- Hesitating
- Higher and lower points of achievement
- Hurrying and doing things quickly
- Making progress and advancing
- Making things better
- Performing a function
- Potential
- Reacting and responding
- Repeating an action
- Succeeding, achieving and fulfilling
- Success and achievements
- Successful (things or people)
- Surpassing in quality or number
- Taking part and getting involved
- Trying and making an effort
- Unsuccessful (people and things)
- Waiting
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for all sb cares/knows idiom
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for all the difference sth makes idiom
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for all the world idiom
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for all you are worth idiom
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for anything (in the world) idiom
- for better or (for) worse idiom
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for conjunction (BECAUSE)
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for crying out loud! idiom
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for dear life idiom
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for good measure idiom
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for instance idiom
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Synonyms and related words:
- a means to an end idiom
- actively adverb
- another determiner, pronoun (DIFFERENT)
- approach noun (DEALING WITH)
- avenue noun (POSSIBILITY)
- basis noun (METHOD)
- channel noun (COMMUNICATING)
- device noun (METHOD)
- mean noun (METHOD)
- medium noun (METHOD)
- one way or another idiom
- one-handed adverb, adjective
- open sesame noun
- path noun (ACTIONS)
- pattern noun (WAY)
- resort noun (ACTION)
- ways and means idiom
- what's the drill for sth? idiom
- whereby adverb, conjunction
- workings noun (OPERATION)
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