leave for good

[GoodTaste]

Does "leave for good" mean "abandon the battered house forever (move to other place to live)"?


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In the weeks after Hurricane Laura submerged neighborhoods, many residents in a coastal community in Louisiana have begun agonizing over what feels like an impossible choice: Rebuild yet again, or this time leave for good.

 

[Rover_KE]

Yes.

 

[tzfujimino]

Source?


(Edit)I've found it:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2020/09/23/us/hurricane-laura-storm-beta.amp.html

 

[Tarheel]

Does "leave for good" mean "abandon the battered house forever (move to another place to live)"?


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In the weeks after Hurricane Laura submerged neighborhoods, many residents in a coastal community in Louisiana have begun agonizing over what feels like an impossible choice: Rebuild yet again, or this time leave for good.

When you leave for good you are never going back.

 

[GoesStation]

Does "leave for good" mean "abandon the battered house forever (move to another place to live)"?

No. The residents are deciding whether to rebuild in their community or move somewhere else.

 

[emsr2d2]

Source?


(Edit)I've found it:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2020/09/23/us/hurricane-laura-storm-beta.amp.html

GoodTaste, we should not have to seek out the source ourselves. Please always give us the source and author in post #1.