for the best

for the best
{adj.} or {adv. phr.} good or best; not bad as thought; lucky; well, happily. * /Maybe it's for the best that your team lost; now you know how the other boys felt./ * /John's parents thought it would be for the best if he stayed out of school for the rest of the year./ Often used in the phrase "turn out for the best". * /You feel unhappy now because you got sick and couldn't go with your friends, but it will all turn out for the best./ Compare: TURN OUT(6). Contrast: FOR THE WORSE.

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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