for good measure

English

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Prepositional phrase

for good measure

1. (idiomatic) In excess of the minimum required; added as an extra.

   He tossed in a couple of extra shirts for good measure and closed the suitcase.

   • 2022 September 25, Stephen Burgen, “Spain plans ‘digital nomad’ visa scheme to attract remote workers”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:

     Spain plans to issue “digital nomad” visas giving Britons and other non-EU citizens the chance to work in the sun and enjoy a lower cost of living with tax breaks thrown in for good measure.

Translations

in excess of the required minimum

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can:
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 额外补充 (éwài bǔchōng), 保险起见 (bǎoxiǎn qǐjiàn)

• Czech: please add this translation if you can:
• Danish: i tilgift, oveni
• Dutch: op de koop toe, bovenop (nl)
• Finnish: kaiken varalta, varmuuden vuoksi (fi), varoiksi (fi)
• French: pour faire bonne mesure (fr)
• German: noch dazu
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can:
• Italian: per essere sicuro
• Japanese: 余分に (ja) (yobun ni)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can:
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: for godt måls skyld

• Polish: na dodatek (pl), na dokładkę (pl), na dobitkę (pl)
• Russian: на всякий случай (for any case)
• Spanish: por si acaso (es), por precaución
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can:

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Translations to be checked

• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} pentru orice eventualitate

See also

• on the safe side