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for real idiom

Actually so, genuine, as in Are your plans to move away for real? [Slang; mid-1900s]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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for Pete's sake!
for Pete's sake
for openers
for one's sake
for one's part
for one's pains
for one's money
for one thing
for one
for next loop

for shame
for short
for show
for sport
for starters
for statement
for sure
for that matter
for the asking
for the best

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