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What does for keeps mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word for keeps? Here's what it means.

Prepositional phrase
  1. (gaming) With an agreement or intention to retain what one gains or receives.
  2. (idiomatic, by extension) With a strong competitive resolve to win or succeed, as in sports or business.
  3. Permanently.
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But for all his success in the sack, he insists that what he's really looking for is a woman he can take home for keeps.
My life's been hard, I don't trust people easily, but when I do, it's for keeps.
Babs wants to know if her romance with the fly guy she met last year is for keeps.
If an individual has won refugee status, that is theirs for keeps unless they break the law.
The lovestruck pair had an on-off relationship from October 2000 but got together for keeps in September last year.
Everyone's going to be playing for keeps and it's going to be fun to be a part of.

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