English Dictionary

for keeps

prep_phrase

(gaming) With an agreement or intention to retain what one gains or receives. / (idiomatic, by extension) With a strong competitive resolve to win or succeed, as in sports or business.

I'm going to keep this for keepsake.

意味（1）

(gaming) With an agreement or intention to retain what one gains or receives.

When we gamble at poker, we play for keeps.

意味（2）

(idiomatic, by extension) With a strong competitive resolve to win or succeed, as in sports or business.

We both got a job to do. They play for keeps and we play for keeps too, Haggans said.

意味（3）

Permanently, so that one can keep something indefinitely.

The Griswold trophy was presented to its winner, for keeps, since it was the third time she had won it.